You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.

An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds; for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.

When there is fear of failure, there will be failure.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

Make your plans to fit the circumstances.