War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

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

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.