Most Battles Are Won Before They Are

In War The Only Sure Defense Is Offense, And The Efficiency Of The Offense Depends On The Warlike Souls Of Those Conducting It.

The Publicity I Have Been Getting, A Good Deal Of Which Is Untrue, And The Rest Of It Ill Considered, Has Done Me More Harm Than Good. The Only Way You Get On In This Profession Is To Have The Reputation Of Doing What You Are Told As Thoroughly As Possible. So Far I Have Been Able To Accomplish That, And I Believe I Have Gotten Quite A Reputation From Not Kicking At Peculiar Assignments.

We Want To Get The Hell Over There. The Quicker We Clean Up This Goddamned Mess, The Quicker We Can Take A Little Jaunt Against The Purple Pissing Japs And Clean Out Their Nest, Too. Before The Goddamned Marines Get All Of The Credit.

Fear Kills More People Than Death.

Do Not Try To Make Circumstances Fit Your Plans. Make Plans That Fit The Circumstances.