Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you have.

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.

Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

The role of the artist is to not look away.

Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.

Sometimes when almost everything is wrong, one thing is so right you would do it all again.

Well, limbo is not a good place to be.

I closed my own jazz bar so I could be a man who can write novels as I like. I was pleased about that. This pleasure was connected to the pleasure of writing.

In order to make room for the new (whether it's new clothes or new thoughts and ideas), we must release the old and the outworn.

An important day in a young person's life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.

Our soul should be a mirror of Christ; we should reflect every feature: for every grace in Christ there should be a counterpart in us.