153 Quotes by Jeff Cooper

Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.

There ain't many troubles that a man caint fix With seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six.

On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can.

Use your eyes. Do not enter unfamiliar areas that you cannot observe first. Make it a practice to swing wide around corners, use window glass for rearward visibility, and get something solid behind you when you pause.

Regardless of what we think we know and should happen the reality is that a lot of stock action is random. Therefore, money management is crucial if you want to be successful as a trader. To me, it`s the cornerstone of both making a living at trading and building wealth.

The perfect fight is one that is over before the loser really understands what is going on. The perfect defense is a counterattack that succeeds before the assailant discovers that he has bitten off more than he can chew.

Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without.

A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.

It seems evident that the basis for civil safety is homogeneity. A culture which is socially uniform is pretty well devoid of informal violence.