The leader must be an actor.

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired... You've always got to make the mind take over and keep going.

Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles

The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.

Make your plans to fit the circumstances.

Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.

Never in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of Fedela and within 1 week of D-Day. I'll go ahead and win.