“When in doubt, ATTACK!”

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Do more than is required of you.

A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.

War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that of the soldier predominates over every other character.

The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.

There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

The United States should get rid of its militias.

Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.

It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.