In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.

You have won battles without cannon, crossed rivers without bridges, made forced marches without shoes, camped without brandy and often without bread. Soldiers of liberty, only republican phalanxes [infantry troops] could have endured what you have endured.

Wars are not won by evacuations.

Danger, if met head on, can be nearly halved.

If you can't fly, run; if you can't run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.