The Backbone Of Surprise Is Fusing Speed

Intelligence Alone Is Not Courage, We Often See That The Most Intelligent People Are Irresolute. Since In The Rush Of Events A Man Is Governed By Feelings Rather Than By Thought, The Intellect Needs To Arouse The Quality Of Courage, Which Then Supports And Sustains It In Action.

Friction Is The Only Concept That More Or Less Corresponds To The Factors That Distinguish Real War From War On Paper.

War Is The Realm Of Uncertainty; Three-quarters Of The Factors On Which Action In War Is Based Are Wrapped In A Fog Of Greater Or Lesser Uncertainty. ... War Is The Realm Of Chance. No Other Human Activity Gives It Greater Scope; No Other Has Such Incessant And Varied Dealings With This Intruder. Chance Makes Everything More Uncertain And Interferes With The Whole Course Of Events.

War Is Not An Independent Phenomenon, But The Continuation Of Politics By Different Means.

A General In Time Of War Is Constantly Bombarded By Reports Both True And False; By Errors Arising From Fear Or Negligence Or Hastiness; By Disobedience Born Of Right Or Wrong Interpretations, Of Ill Will; Of A Proper Or Mistaken Sense Of Duty; Of Laziness; Or Of Exhaustion; And By Accident That Nobody Could Have Foreseen. In Short, He Is Exposed To Countless Impressions, Most Of Them Disturbing, Few Of Them Encouraging. ... If A Man Were To Yield To These Pressures, He Would Never Complete An Operation.