I learned very early in my life never to take counsel in my fears.

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.

Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story.

These days, I spend more time thanking God for His daily blessings than I do asking Him for more. The spirit of gratitude is quite a great feeling.

To be considerate of othersIs for the way of the wiseThere’s more fighters than loversLeaving us with blackened eyes

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little he who would achieve much must sacrifice much he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

Love is not about others; love is a practice of self-mastery.

In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it.

Are there quantitative aspects to the phenomena of war that can be counted? Evidently!

There is nothing more alone than being in a car at night in the rain.

Am I pretty? I must be, I thought, for all girls in love are pretty.