1. “Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.”
2. “The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.”
3. “Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.”
4. “Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.”
5. “To secure peace is to prepare for war.”
6. “Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.”
7. “It is better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.”
8. “War is the continuation of politics by other means.”
9. “War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.”
10. “Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.”
11. “War is the providence of danger.”
12. “A conqueror is always a over of peace.”
13. “The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can demand on their response.”
14. “War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.”
15. “Politics is the womb in which war develops.”
