Quotes about Tactics

Suppose you are a little, nimble guy being chased by a big, fat, bully. You open a door and find yourself in a staircase. Do you go up or down? I say up. The bully can probably run downstairs as fast as you can. Going upstairs his bulk will be more of a disadvantage. Running upstairs is hard for you but even harder for him.

A Warrior of Light never resorts to trickery, but he knows how to distract his opponent.

Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends.

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

That's my attitude on the military. I don't like telling the enemy what I'm doing.

In this book, I turn the tables on the Democratic Left and show that they—not Trump—are the real fascists. They are the ones who use Nazi bullying and intimidation tactics and subscribe to a full-blown fascist ideology. The charges that they make against Trump and the GOP are actually applicable to them.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

Pantagruel said to his men, "Gentlemen, I have made this prisoner believe that we will not assault them till to-morrow at noon, but my intention is that we charge them about the hour of the first sleep.

A sharp stick is better than a blunt sword.

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.

Every book of tactics in the regiment was in use from morning until night, and the officers and non-commissioned officers were always studying the problems presented at the schools.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined,The man who is sorry over the fact will win.