Knowing is different from doing and therefore theory must never be used as norms for a standard, but merely as aids to judgment.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Each flower is a field smile, every man is the soul of the world.

She enjoyed the sights and sounds of the dockside – ports were places of freedom.

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

I was blessed to go abroad and bring Americans home from jail in Syria, and Iraq, and Cuba, and Yugoslavia, and Liberia, those are high moments of my life.

She understood what it was like to stand right in front of people you loved, even though they could not see you.

The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person.

There's always a third choice in life. Even if you think you're stuck between two impossible choices, there's always a third way. You just have to look for it.

I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them.

Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change.