War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.
But time and surprise are the two most vital elements in war.
The legitimate object of war is a more perfect peace"-this sentence
Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
The chief incalculable in war is the human will.
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.
creating success is a tug of war between your mind and your heart-your fears and your dreams. if your fears win, you lose.
There is no greater guilt than the unneccessary war.
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
The real war will never get in the books.
“In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.”
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
“who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits”
There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace.
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
The first way to lose a state is to neglect the art of war; the first way to gain a state is to be skilled in the art of war.
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
War is not so to be avoided, but is only deferred to your disadvantage.