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.

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

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.

The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.

The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.

I would rather he had given me one more division

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.