It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.

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.

What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty.

God’s love supersedes all religions and it is the core of all religions.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

Principles have a way of yielding to power.

There is no losing in Jiu-Jitsu. You either win or you learn.

I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my best work, I've been in a trance-like state.

You are the first President to whom the opportunity was ever offered constitutionally to inaugurate such a day. If you fail us now, you may be the last.

For me, as far as friendship goes, I think you truly get out of it, what you put into it.

Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language.

We have history, you and I. You just don’t know it yet.