There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.

A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.

Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible.

It's lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I've made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There's joy and passion in the next room, in the next bed, but it's not yours.

I just did an interview where I was asked whether I drink beer or whisky, and I was sad to reveal that I'm pounding spring water.

It's very frustrating not being on the air.

When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

It is my conviction that the root of evil is the want of a living God.

Tribes must be our homes, not our prisons.

Always in the black spirituals there's that promise that things are going to be better, by and by.

In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be.

There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child - and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own.

I can certainly see how people are overcome by depression.