“Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.”

“Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.”

“Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.”

“Take not counsel of your fears”

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.”

“Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book! ”

“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 fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.”