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.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

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.

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

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.

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