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When you get on that plane to go home, if the last thing you think about me is "I hate that son of a bitch," then that is fine because you're going home alive.

Wars aren't won by dying for your cause. Wars are won by getting your enemy to die for theirs.
- This seems to be a paraphrase of lines from the film Patton

I removed these, need primary sources.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
- Quoted in "The Military Quotation Book" (2002) by James Charlton, p. 83

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
- Quoted in "The Military Quotation Book" (2002) by James Charlton, p. 60

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job.
- As quoted in Pocket Patriot : Quotes from American Heroes (2005) by Kelly Nickell, p. 53

I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is to arrange the meeting.
- As quoted in I Fail to Miss Your Point (2007) by Jim O'Bryon, p. 409

When placed in command — take charge.
- Quoted in "Leadership" (2007) by David M. Atkinson, p. 42

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
- Quoted in The Daily Book of Positive Quotations (2008) by Linda Picone, p. 326