Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.

There are times when a corps commander's life does not count.

We are serving no one man, we are serving our country.

I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.

Do you see those colors? Take them!

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you wanna do with your life

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up - is over. But the best isn't there yet.

‎It is better to pursue a hopeless hope than to give in to black despair.

Almost every part of the mile is tactically important: you can never let down, never stop thinking, and you can be beaten at almost any point. I suppose you could say it is like life.

There's no nobility in poverty.

Liquor is one way out an’ death’s the other.

Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.

No one in college football or the SEC can tackle me by themselves.

I don't think special attention should be given to an actor or a singer or a baseball player or a soccer player more than anyone else, but they do have an opinion like anyone else.