Quotes from Bernard Law Montgomery

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset - its flexibility.

As God once said, and I think rightly.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.

The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.

Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.