45 Quotes by Ferdinand Foch

There is but one means to extenuate the effects of enemy fire: it is to develop a more violent fire oneself.

A beaten general is disgraced forever.

This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.

Victory is a thing of the will.

Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.

It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

Don't drown yourself in details. Look at the whole.

A war not only arises, but derives its nature , from the political ideas, the moral sentiments, and the international relations obtaining at the moment when it breaks out. This amounts to saying:;: try and know why and with the help of what you are going to act; then you will find out how to act.

School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. There are many ways of going forward, but there is only one way of standing still. A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills. Doing your best is more important than being the best. Giant oak trees started out as little nuts. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.