Quotes from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

The peril of the hour moved the British to tremendous exertions, just as always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible. Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

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