If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.

War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.

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

When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.

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.

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

The organization of supplies, the command of men, anything in any way constructive requires more than intellect; it requires energy and drive and an unrelenting will to serve the cause, regardless of one's personal interests.