The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.
When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
We will either find a way or make one.
Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.