The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.

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.

Plant a good seed in the right spot and it will grow without further coaxing

Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul.

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path.

We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range.

To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film.

I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.

I watch CNN, it's so much anger and hatred and just the hatred.

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.

She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog.