The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

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.

Not sorry, not calling, not cryingAll will pass like smoke of white apple treesSeized by the gold of autumn, I will no longer be young.

Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)

Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.

Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

There's no one way to dance. And that's kind of my philosophy about everything.

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

Insight into soul-action, ability to discriminate the genuine from the sham and capacity to further one and discourage the other.

It's hard to hate up close. The more you get to know each other, the more common ground you can find and the more you can disagree without being disagreeable.

Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.