26 Quotes by Bernard Law Montgomery

The troops must be brought to a state of wild enthusiasm. They must enter the fight with the light of battle in their eyes and definitely wanting to kill the enemy.

High morale implies essentially the ability to triumph over discomforts and dangers and carry on with the job.

War is not an act of God. War grows directly out of the things which individuals do or fail to do. It is, in fact, the consequence of national policies or lack of policies.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset - its flexibility.