Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
From Carl von Clausewitz
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
War is the continuation of politics by other means.
If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
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