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In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.