To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it.

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.

Success comes with a promise and a price. The price has to be paid in full and in advance before the promise is fulfilled.

It's not your blue blood, your pedigree, or your college degree. It's what you do with your life that counts.

Peace never hurries. To rush or force is contradictory to the very essence of peace.

The place has entered me...it has coloured my life like a stain.

Michael Jackson was not an artist who comes along once in a decade, a generation, or a lifetime. He was an artist who comes along only once, period… He raised the bar and then BROKE the bar!

They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy law.

If you have no family or friends to aid you . . . turn your face to the Great West and there build up your home and fortune.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

I wouldn't say personally that I have problems communicating with men - though I'm not sure what the men would say.

I've had tonsilitis and I'm not sure if I can sing on Saturday [whilst out on the town in the West End]