Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war.
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
From the oldest general in Europe to the greatest general on earth.
Frederick the Great
There have been many Presidents of the United States and the roll will be indefinitely extended. We have had a number of brilliant soldiers, but only one great general.
The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general.
We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.
It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.
