No other human activity is so continuously or universally bound up with chance. And through the element of chance, guesswork and luck come to play a great part in war.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

When you're vested in fear, frightened of failure, yet in the surrender is where you find your success.

Have we the humility to thank our Father for the gift of pain?

This is Life, not Heaven you don't have to be perfect

That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.

Life can be real tough... you can either learn from your problems, or keep repeating them over and over.

The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities.

The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich may find hard to pay.

No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.

Remember Judy Garland? She retired 40 times.

How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!