My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.

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.

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.

Those words of hers had meant nothing - you could not dismiss [however] a human being so easily.

We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth.

You don’t need to be burned out to go on hiatus.

The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

Sometimes there are no good choices for government.

Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time.

If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself.

Today the family is being attacked and defended with equal vehemence.

If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.