Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rather than by thought, the intellect needs to arouse the quality of courage, which then supports and sustains it in action.

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.

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.

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

Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare.