After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must not be ready to abandon it at the slightest provocation. should this certainty be lacking, we must tell ourselves that nothing is accomplished in warfare without daring; that the nature of war certainly does not let us see at all times where we are going; that what is probable will always be probable though at the moment it may not seem so; and finally, that we cannot be readily ruined by a single error, if we have made reasonable preparations.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Everything in strategy is very simple, but that does not mean everything is very easy.

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.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.