War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty.

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

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

The deduction of effect from cause is often blocked by some insuperable extrinsic obstacle: the true causes may be quite unknown. Nowhere in life is this so common as in war, where the facts are seldom fully known and the underlying motives even less so.

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