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.
Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.
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.
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence.
Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.
My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.
In war nothing is impossible, provided you use audacity.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.
The god of war hates those who hesitate.
We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
Staff officers of inharmonious disposition, irrespective of their ability, must be removed. A staff cannot function unless it is a united family.
My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.
A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.
I never take counsel of my fears.
I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, ‘Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
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.
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
