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

“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.”

“A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood. ”

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

“...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.”

“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”

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