William Faulkner Quotes

No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.

… a party of our men lying in wait for the Turks, fought a successful battle with them and killed sixty horsemen, whose heads they brought to the army.

In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.

I have much to teach you. Come and learn the art of war from the one who invented it. (Takeshi)

Battles decide everything.

In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles.

No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from the battle field (cheers). No other principle makes a good soldier.

Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

Whenever armed forces . . . are used, the idea of combat must be present. . . . The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time.

We don't realize that we face a frustrating situation in which we win every battle, but we lose the war.

Victory is the main object in war.

The United States has never entered a serious war, and has never been victorious.

It is imperative to master the principles of the art of war and learn to be unmoved in mind even in the heat of the battle.

In warfare, first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute strength alone, victory will no longer be assured.

We will fight a battle, and then we will rest. Alive or dead, we'll rest." - Jon Snow

Come back with your shield - or on it

Hannibal knew better how to conquer than how to profit by the conquest; and Napoleon was more skilful in taking positions than in maintaining them. As to reverses, no general cart presume to say that he may not be defeated; but he can, and ought to say, that he will not be surprised.

The last person to achieve unambiguous victory in an air war was Zeus.

Numerical superiority is of no consequence. In battle, victory will go to the best tactician."- G. A. Custer

The Battle of Koom Valley is the only one known to history where both sides ambushed each other.

War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.

Sound trumpets! Let our bloody colours wave! And either victory, or else a grave.

In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!

Most wars are not won in a single battle.