Tactical Maneuvering Quotes

Do not march or precipitate your attack. The Saracens are like a torrent which is dangerous to stem … Be patient till they have loaded themselves with the encumbrances of wealth.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.

Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible.

Irregular war is far more intellectual than a bayonet charge.

Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces, the next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field, and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities.

Notifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates or reassuring the enemy that we will not use certain capabilities like our ground forces should be avoided.

When you're in the Championship, you try and move the opponent around a bit and pull players into positions they don't want to be in.

Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness.

Military men predominated and gave no thought to the larger situation. They knew how to advance but not how to retreat.

Act after having made assessments. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins - this is the rule of armed struggle.

An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids strength and strikes weakness.

Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.

It's worth two divisions to me.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

To secure the ground we gain, and gain what more we can, is, I think, the wisest course

Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit...

I think we can keep people off-balance and ultimately we have to go score points, score one more point than the other team.

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

If I am able to determine the enemy's dispositions while at the same time I conceal my own, then I can concentrate and he must divide.

Counter-insurgency, as you know, is a roller-coaster affair.

The first and most important rule to observe...is to use our entire forces with the utmost energy. The second rule is to concentrate our power as much as possible against that section where the chief blows are to be delivered and to incur disadvantages elsewhere, so that our chances of success may increase at the decisive point. The third rule is never to waste time. Finally, the fourth rule is to follow up our successes with the utmost energy. Only pursuit of the beaten enemy gives the fruits of victory.

To plan secretly, to move surreptitiously, to foil the enemy's intentions and balk his schemes, so that at last the day may be won without shedding a drop of blood.