discipline Quotes

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

The sergeant is the Army.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.