Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat.

No other human activity is so continuously or universally bound up with chance. And through the element of chance, guesswork and luck come to play a great part in war.

No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy

It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition.

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

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

Blood is the price of victory