Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don't want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats. If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards. The brave men will breed more brave men. Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men.
Battle is an orgy of disorder.
Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected.
Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed-men, and such as sleep o'nights; Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.
In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.
In extreme danger fear feels no pity.[Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]
The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
You must be single minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.
Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.
All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.
Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.
Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.
Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
The leader must be an actor.
You just wait and see. The lily-livered b*stards in Washington will demobilize. They'll say they've made the world safe for democracy again. The Russians are not such d*mned fools. They'll rebuild; and with modern weapons.
Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Perpetual peace is a futile dream.
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.
I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards - You name them; I'll shoot them!
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
Make your plans to fit the circumstances.
Let's keep our boots polished, bayonets sharpened, and present a picture of force and strength to the Red Army. This is the only language they understand and respect.
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
Say what you mean and mean what you say.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look
Battle... brings out all that is best.
Set honor in one eye and death in th' other, and I will look on both indifferently. I love then name of honor more than I fear death.
I am going to Spain to fight an army without a general, and thence to the East to fight a general without an army.
Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.
All glory is fleeting.
Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.
The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.
The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.
Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country
When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
After divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law. -Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere
Just drive down that road, until you get blown up
It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.
The duties of an officer are the safety, honor, and welfare of your country first; the honor, welfare, and comfort of the men in your command second; and the officer s own ease, comfort, and safety last.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds; for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.
The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.
Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
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