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What the American people want to do is fight a war without getting hurt. You can't do that any more than you can get into a barroom fight without getting hurt... Unless the American people are willing to send their sons out to fight an aggressor, there just isn't going to be any United States.- Chesty Puller
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My definition, a definition in the drill books from the time that General Von Steuben wrote the regulations for General George Washington, the definition of the object of military training is success in battle... It wouldn't be any sense to have a military organization on the backs of the American taxpayers with any other definition. -Chesty Puller
Living is the art of getting used to what we didn’t expect. – Eleanor C. Wood
You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em. -Chesty Puller
Success is falling nine times and getting up ten. — Jon Bon Jovi
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Mark Twain
In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years. -Chesty Puller
If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won't do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they'll work like mad. -Chesty Puller
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.―W. P. Kinsella
There are only two great tragedies in life: one is not getting what you want and the other is getting it. - Oscar Wilde
My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion - in my case, the United States Marine Corps. It means more than self-preservation, religion, or patriotism. I've also learned that this loyalty to one's corps travels both ways: up and down. -Chesty Puller
