The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.

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

What we should admire is the acute fulfillment of the unspoken assumptions, the smooth harmony of the whole activity, which only become evident in the final success.

War is merely a continuation of politics.

In War more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected, and look differently when near, to what they did at a distance.

The 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.

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.