George C. Marshall

"Military leadership is a tremendous responsibility."

"There are no secrets about the way the world works, but they are secrets that make a lot of people angry if you expose them."

"The only good thing about inflation is that it keeps you from saving money."

"The majority of troubles that plague our existence are of a nature to be solved by the application of common sense."

"Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love."

"It is not the function of the government to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves."

"The challenge of statesmanship is to have the vision to dream of a better, safer world and the courage to risk everything to achieve it."

"I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his uniform."

"The surest way to prevent war is to be prepared for it."

"It is the duty of every citizen to support the Constitution and laws of his country."

"We have good reason to believe that Rome was not built in a day."

"The most dangerous force in the modern world is the power of the symbol."

"Patience is often rewarded; impatience is never."

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

"A man who fears nothing is a man who respects nothing."

"The man who comes up with a means of doing or producing almost anything better, faster, or more economically has his future assured."

"Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of fear."

"There is no victory without courage."

"The chief lesson I have learned in any long period of office is that the things that matter are the long-term, persistent, totally unsexy unglamorous bulldozer approach."

"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well."

"Nothing in life is more important than duty."

"The remedy for obsolescence is renewal."

"A man who cannot face facts is not a man at all."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes."

"In war there is no second place."

"The most valuable thing we can develop is character."

"Freedom is not the absence of obligation; it is intelligent choice of obligation."

"The dignity of the human being is the highest responsibility of any government."

"We cannot think only of ourselves."