10,941 Quotes About War

Should one ask: 'How do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: 'Seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires.'Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where has taken no precautions.

No Bastard ever won a war by dying for his country

And she found her voice. "Thank you," she said, and looked up at him bravely. "Thank you for bringing the water.

This is war. Chaos. Chance. Death.

Throw the troops into a position from which there is no escape and even when faced with death they will not flee. For if prepared to die, what can they not achieve? Then officers and men together put forth their utmost efforts. In a desperate situation they fear nothing; when there is no way out they stand firm. Deep in a hostile land they are bound together, and there, where there is no alternative, they will engage the enemy in hand to hand combat.

War seldom looks on the faces of its dead.

I don't think anyone ever goes into a war without the nagging feeling that there might have been some other way.

Infatuation is the precursor to love among the young

Who, after all, was to say, what was the 'right side' of the war, especially after the turmoil, the food shortages, and scarcity of luxuries?