Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the military effort at his disposal to force the battle to swing the way he wishes it to go; he must make the enemy dance to his tune from the beginning and not vice versa.

I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.

Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.

The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.