In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised

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.

That really was NOT fun, though. Well, the hitting-her-with-a-stick part, that was fun. But crashing into a concrete bear? NOT fun.

False humility is quite like the worst of both worlds: both that of Meekness and that of Conceit.

Love always flows. When we hinder it's path, it gets flooded, destroys everything around it.

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.

Rule number three: Best friends always think you deserve the best guy even if the best guy barely knows you exist.

I don't think she doesn't believe she can die. I think, just like you always did, she believes there are things worth dying for.

Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.

With FX in particular, they've been fantastic and were really hands off. I mean, it helps that you've got Ridley Scott on your side.

That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

Shall I never see a bachelor of three score again?