My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.

Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart.

The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it.

The murder of a man is still murder, even in wartime.

The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish.

Find the enemy and shoot him down. Anything else is nonsense.

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.

Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains.

It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian.

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.

Beauty is harsh.

I don't want to die while I still have beautiful reasons to die for.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. At no other time have I so sharp an understanding of what God means to do with me as in these hours of dawn.

As a young person, I wanted everyone to agree with me.

The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.

I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.

The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people, not capital or raw materials that develop an economy.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Focus only on things you love, feel love, and you will experience that love and joy coming back to you - multiplied!

When I read about myself and how writers have focused on negative stuff, it hurts my feelings.