Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his…

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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them...

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them...

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle...

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle...

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the...

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the...

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high...

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high...

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success...

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success...

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for...

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for...

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank...

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank...

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

If a man does his best, what else is there?

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the...

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the...

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by...

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by...

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front...

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front...