In War, the young soldier is very apt to regard unusual fatigues as the consquence of faults, mistakes, and embarrassment in the conduct of the whole, and to become distressed and depondent as a consequence. This would not happen if he had been prepared for this beforehand by exercises in peace.

No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy

Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.

[The cause of inaction in war] ... is the imperfection of human perception and judgment which is more pronounced in war than anywhere else. We hardly know accurately our own situation at any particular moment while the enemy's, which is concealed from us, must be deduced from very little evidence.

In War more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected, and look differently when near, to what they did at a distance.

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.

Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.