Quotes from Ferdinand Foch

This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.

My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.

My center is giving way, my right is pushed back, situation excellent, I am attacking.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, what is most essential of all, will-stubborn will.

It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

Aviation is fine as a sport. But as an instrument of war, it is worthless.

My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.

No study is possible on the battlefield.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.