General Groves

"You think you understand what you're building. You don't."

"The future belongs to those who can build it."

"Discipline is what separates the exceptional from the competent."

"Every second we waste is a second our enemies gain."

"Tell me your results, not your intentions."

"The physics is easy. The decisions are impossible."

"I need scientists who can think like soldiers."

"This is beyond politics. This is survival."

"Success demands focus. Eliminate distractions."

"Intelligence without action is merely opinion."

"Fear the man who doesn't fear what he's creating."

"You're not here to answer to your conscience. You're here to answer to me."

"The greatest minds are worthless without direction."

"What we're building will change warfare forever."

"I trust competence. Everything else is secondary."

"The strongest nation is the one that controls fear."

"Better to have power and not need it than need it and not have it."

"Education without purpose is intellectual indulgence."

"The real secret to leadership is knowing who to surround yourself with."

"Nature doesn't care about morality. Neither should we."

"Money is a tool, not a goal. Remember the difference."

"Perseverance is the only thing that separates us from failure."

"Gratitude for small victories keeps morale alive."

"Creativity thrives under pressure, not comfort."

"The most dangerous knowledge is half-knowledge."

"Imagination is worthless without engineering."

"History is written by those who win. Remember that."

"Philosophy is a luxury of peacetime."

"Kindness is for after the war is won."

"The relationship between soldier and general is trust, nothing more."