Where execution is dominant, as it is in the individual events of a war whether great or small, then intellectual factors are reduced to a minimum.

A general who allows himself to be decisively defeated in an extended mountain position deserves to be court-martialled.

The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction that is inconceivable unless one has experienced war. ... Countless minor incidents - the kind you can never really foresee - combine to lower the general level of performance, so that one always falls short of the intended goal.

Boldness becomes rarer, the higher the rank.