Soldier Quotes

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
War is the continuation of politics by other means.
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
War is the province of danger.
I've always believed that no officer's life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear... Officers should be forward with their men at the point of impact.
If we are going to win the next war, in my opinion, 50 percent of the time of training should be allotted to night training.
If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won't do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they'll work like mad.
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