Quotes About Tactics

Mantende sempre os vossos inimigos confusos. Se nunca estiverem seguros de quem sois ou do que quereis, não podem saber o que é provável fazerdes em seguida. Por vezes a melhor maneira de os confundir é fazer coisas que não têm nenhum fito, ou até que parecem jogar contra vós.

Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you.

In battle, discipline beats numbers nine times of every ten.

A siege is a deadly dull.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more. ... George S. Patton

No b****** ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb b****** die for his country.

No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more

continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

It's the four Ds, Corvus. Dress. Discipline. And dealing death.

Lloyd George could not see a belt without hitting below it.

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Politics. The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

On the human chessboard, all moves are possible.

He that fights and runs away Will live to fight another day.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

Moderation in war is imbecility.

Luck is good planning, carefully executed.