battle preparedness Quotes

You know too well the forces which compose their army to dread their superior numbers.

Our military sons and daughters that are placed in harm's way deserve the right equipment, the right training, and the right rules of engagement to win decisively on any field of battle.

It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make one's self invincible.

Valour needs first strength, then a weapon.

Therefore I say: know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and of yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril.

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.

When I was in the Army, 100 percent of our effort was to really be sharp, and soldiers, we were under live fire all the time.

If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.

The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.

I've seen the consequences of what can happen when you're unprepared for a fight, or not as prepared as your opponent.

Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.

If we are going to win the next war, in my opinion, 50 percent of the time of training should be allotted to night training.

War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.

I'm able to fight anywhere.