Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Fear kills more people than death.

My name's Sean, Jem. I'm Sean.

That boy was going to make the world turn, and the stars would fall like rain.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Cause a little trouble. It’s good for you.

Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.

I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.

Little children, little sorrows; big children, big sorrows.

You know what, I'm stoned, and I'm proud.

I am part of a divine essence. I don't have to become anything. I already am.

Unless you know a lot more about something than I do, I am not really that interested. I have too much information already.