Having Served Quotes by Ferdinand Foch

The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand…

— Ferdinand Foch

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.

— Ferdinand Foch

My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

— Ferdinand Foch

In tactics, action is the governing rule of war.

— Ferdinand Foch

Aviation is fine as a sport. But as an instrument of war, it is worthless.

— Ferdinand Foch

Far from being a sum of distinct and partial results, victory is the consequence of efforts, some of which are victorious while others appear…

— Ferdinand Foch

In war there are none but particular cases; everything has there an individual nature; nothing ever repeats itself. In the first place, the data…

— Ferdinand Foch

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

— Ferdinand Foch

One is defeated only when one accepts defeat.

— Ferdinand Foch

I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.

— Ferdinand Foch

The unknown is the governing principle of war.

— Ferdinand Foch

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

— Ferdinand Foch