[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours mo…

- William Halsey

The only good Jap is one that's been dead six months.

- William Halsey

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines c…

- William Halsey

Strike fast, strike hard, strike often.

- William Halsey

I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink.

- William Halsey

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

- William Halsey

There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.

- William Halsey

If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.

- William Halsey

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

- William Halsey