Quotes About Tactics

Cuando el general George Patton contraatacó al mariscal de campo Rommel durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se dice que en el fragor de la batalla Patton gritó: «¡Leí tu libro, Rommel! ¡Leí tu libro!». Patton había estudiado La infantería al ataque, el libro de Rommel. Conocía la estrategia del jefe alemán y planeó sus posiciones conforme a ella2. Nosotros también conocemos las tácticas del diablo.

Don't match your weakness against your opponent's strength

You are Eddis. Go smack him! Eddis shook her head. Smacking people will not persuade them.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Won without a drop of bloodshed. His mother had been right. That truly was the best victory.

You can't let your heart or your habits control you. Not when you're who you are, and wield the power you do. Think about reacting emotionally in a battle situation. Think about even reacting reflexively, instead of tactically.: He did, and shuddered.

Make your motivations secret to the enemy, fool them into false planning, use their force against them, lead them onto harsh ground, hold true to the beliefs of your followers, and show them the ways they may become like you. Lead by example.

Steerpike was, of course, alive with ideas and projects. These two half-witted women were a gift. That they should be the sisters of Lord Sepulchrave was of tremendous strategic value. They would prove an advance on the Prunesquallors, if not intellectually at any rate socially, and that at the moment was what mattered. And in any case, the lower the mentality of his employers the more scope for his own projects.

The Best Defense is a Good Offense

Nothing is more prejudicial to war than talk.

You should always plan your battles form the enemy's point of view.

The art of war," I told him, "is to make the enemy do your bidding.

Choose your battles," I snarled at Æthelstan. "That space between your ears was given so that you can think! If you just charge whenever you see an enemy you'll earn yourself an early grave.

Never do what an enemy expects, Dudda. We'll go in at dawn. On the flood.

no one survives long by assuming his enemy is sleeping.

Fighting fair! Whoever heard of anything so daft? Fight fair and you lose.

They're frightened that we'll make a sally and kill them all," Ragnar said, "so they're going to sit there and try to starve us out.

Confusion is inevitable in battle, but indecision is unforgivable.

The rest merely requires common sense; it is like a boxing match, the more you punch the better it is.

Clever doesn't win battles -Stupidity loses them.

Choose your battles,' I snarled at Æthelstan. 'That space between your ears was given so that you can think! If you just charge whenever you see an enemy you'll earn yourself an early grave.' Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg

intelligence is a weapon that has a sharp edge and a long reach

The art of war is to make the enemy do our bidding.

A lot of Democrats like to play the 'If we were Republicans' game. I usually hate it; I don't want to behave like the Republicans do.