Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.
Carl von ClausewitzThe first and most important rule to observe...is to use our entire forces with the utmost energy. The second rule is to concentrate our power as much as possible against that section where the chief blows are to be delivered and to incur disadvantages elsewhere, so that our chances of success may increase at the decisive point. The third rule is never to waste time. Finally, the fourth rule is to follow up our successes with the utmost energy. Only pursuit of the beaten enemy gives the fruits of victory.
Carl von ClausewitzTo achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'
Carl von ClausewitzThe bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.
Carl von ClausewitzWar is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations - war is nothing but a continuation of political intercourse with an admixture of other means.
Carl von ClausewitzIn 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.
Carl von Clausewitz