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.
Carl von ClausewitzMen are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.
Carl von ClausewitzKnowing is different from doing and therefore theory must never be used as norms for a standard, but merely as aids to judgment.
Carl von ClausewitzThe world has a way of undermining complex plans. This is particularly true in fast moving environments. A fast moving environment can evolve more quickly than a complex plan can be adapted to it. By the time you have adapted, the target has changed.
Carl von Clausewitz