The starting point for the understanding of war is the understanding of human nature.

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

Battles are won through the ability of men to express concrete ideas in clear and unmistakable language.

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic w…

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

The battlefield is cold... it is the lonesomest place which men share together.

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of any soldier for his weapon or any part of his equipment.

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

An officer should never speak ironically or sarcastically to an enlisted man, since the latter does not have a fair chance to answer back. The use of…

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

Fundamentally only two great novelties have come out of recent warfare. They are: (1) mechanical vehicles, which relieve the Soldier of equipment hit…

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

The far object of a training system is to prepare the combat officer mentally so that he can cope with the unusual and unexpected as if it were the a…

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

A man has integrity if his interest in the good of the service is at all times greater than his personal pride, and when he holds himself to the same…

- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall