The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand fight if one really means to conquer.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.

Aviation is fine as a sport. But as an instrument of war, it is worthless.

In whatever position you find yourself, determine first your objective.

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.

Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.

Don't drown yourself in details. Look at the whole.

It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

There is but one means to extenuate the effects of enemy fire: it is to develop a more violent fire oneself.

It's best to locate the mind first before launching the 'missiles of contention'.

I try to pray everyday or night to thank my Personal Lord for all that he has given me, all that he is giving me, and all that he will give me.

My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone.

Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks faith in himself, the child, or humanity or himself.

A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make.

Success is a staircase, not a doorway.

Freedom, my good girl, means being able to count on how other people will behave.

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

A law is always that much more scary and that much more effective for a totalitarian state if it's selectively enforced.

Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.