I would rather he had given me one more division

Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders.

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.

Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible.

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.

I would rather he had given me one more division