The best form of defense is attack.

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.

Money and power attract friends. But it’s not you they’re friends with — just your money and power. Only affection brings genuine friends.

What is the past but what we choose to remember?

Dwellers by the sea are generally superstitious sailors always are. There is something in the illimitable expanse of sky and water that dilates the imagination.

It's sort of an action flick. You can't be that funny trying to steal diamonds.

The greater the trial, the sweeter the victory.

The more open you are within, the more capacity you will have to know, to see, and to love.

I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don't think they're funny and the non-lawyers don't think they're jokes.

People are always asking, 'Is everything ok?' Look, I was not depressed, ok? I was just freaking exhausted.

Money can buy everything money can buy, which is just a lot of stuff.

Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy.