Quotes About Warfare

Now eat a good breakfast, men. For we'll all be sharing dinner in hell.

The writer is an infantryman. He knows that progress is measured in yards of dirt extracted from the enemy one day, one hour, one minute at a time and paid for in blood.

Memoirs of the North Africa campaign attest that, fierce and brutal as much of the fighting was, relations between individual enemies retained a quality of forbearance that seems, today, almost impossible to imagine. This

Good soldiers know that if they don't recognize who their enemy is, they are destined to lose the war. That is also true for those of us who battle in God's army. Even though Jesus put the enemy under His feet and won the victory for us, we still must move into that victory. There are still battles to be fought in prayer.

The reason we must put on the whole armor of God is to withstand evil. We don't war against people, but against a spiritual hierarchy of invisible power.

Cuando no oramos, es como si nos sentáramos a un lado observando a nuestros hijos en una zona de guerra recibiendo disparos desde todos los ángulos.

Ephesians 6:10-11). He didn't say, "If you are smart you might take up the whole armor." Or, "If you feel like it and have the time, take up the armor." Or, "Try to take up the armor at least once or twice a year." God's Word says, "Take up the whole armor of God" (Ephesians 6:13). This is not suggested; it is commanded.

DAY 1 Put on the Whole Armor (Ephesians 6:11) Before each specific assignment

God's Word says, "Take up the whole armor of God" (Ephesians 6:13). This is not suggested; it is commanded.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is noise before defeat.

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.

Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm

Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.

mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy

Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

If his forces are united, separate them.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.