The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

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.

Protecting our environment is not a luxury we can choose to enjoy, but a simple matter of survival.

My personal sources in the intelligence community and the military are very good. They're excellent. I have very high-up, in-depth sources.

The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all.

Music is more than just listening to it. People use the music for them protection at times.

There is one person that is wiser than anybody, and that is everybody.

Men submit from habit to everything that seeks power.

And if there's love, you can do without happiness too. Even with sorrow, life is sweet.

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

I believe that for the most part, achieving success - whatever that is for you - is mostly a matter of personal choice and that, initially, making the right choices can be difficult.

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.