Enemy Weakness Quotes

Do not march or precipitate your attack. The Saracens are like a torrent which is dangerous to stem … Be patient till they have loaded themselves with the encumbrances of wealth.

If the enemy opens the door, you must race in.

If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover.

Do not press an enemy at bay.

Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him.

A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy.

We should rid our ranks of all impotent thinking. All views that overestimate the strength of the enemy and underestimate the strength of the people are wrong.

The only safe enemy was a headless enemy.

To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.

Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.

Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom; their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength.

Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.