There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“War is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.” — Carl von Clausewitz Business Copy Share Image
Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions and its own peculiar preconceptions. — Carl von Clausewitz Age Copy Share Image
War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy. — Carl von Clausewitz Autonomous Copy Share Image
All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it. — Carl von Clausewitz Humans Copy Share Image
Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero. — Carl von Clausewitz Boldness Copy Share Image
Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men. — Carl von Clausewitz Greatness Copy Share Image
“The aggressor is always peace-loving (as Bonaparte always claimed to be); he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.” — Carl von Clausewitz Aggressor Copy Share Image
If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will… — Carl von Clausewitz Ambition Copy Share Image
Every combat is the bloody and destructive measuring of the strength of forces, physical and moral; whoever at the close has the… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
We shall not enter into any of the abstruse definitions of war used by publicists. We shall keep to the element of… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
In War more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected, and look differently when near,… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“If we have made appropriate preparations, taking into account all possible misfortunes, so that we shall not be lost immediately if they… — Carl von Clausewitz Doubt Copy Share Image
A general who allows himself to be decisively defeated in an extended mountain position deserves to be court-martialled. — Carl von Clausewitz Court Copy Share Image
Der Krieg ist nichts als eine Fortsetzung des politischen Verkehrs mit Einmischung anderer Mittel. War is merely the continuation of policy with… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The world has a way of undermining complex plans. This is particularly true in fast moving environments. A fast moving environment can… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that,… — Carl Von Clausewitz Courage Copy Share Image
Responsibility and danger do not tend to free or stimulate the average person's mind- rather the contrary; but wherever they do liberate… — Carl von Clausewitz Ability Copy Share Image
[The cause of inaction in war] ... is the imperfection of human perception and judgment which is more pronounced in war than… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
If the enemy is to be coerced, you must put him in a situation that is even more unpleasant than the sacrifice… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
To discover how much of our resources must be mobilized for war, we must first examine our political aim and that of… — Carl von Clausewitz Ability Copy Share Image
In War, the young soldier is very apt to regard unusual fatigues as the consquence of faults, mistakes, and embarrassment in the… — Carl von Clausewitz Consequence Copy Share Image
Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a… — Carl von Clausewitz Action Copy Share Image
Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas. — Carl von Clausewitz Beauty Copy Share Image
Knowledge in war is very simple, being concerned with so few subjects, and only with their final results at that. But this… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others. — Carl von Clausewitz Bloodshed Copy Share Image
The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight -… — Carl von Clausewitz Action Copy Share Image
Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers… — Carl von Clausewitz Art Copy Share Image
In war, more than anywhere else in the world, things happen differently from what we had expected, and look differently when near… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will… — Carl von Clausewitz Demand Copy Share Image
“...in war, the advantages and disadvantages of a single action could only be determined by the final balance.” — Carl von Clausewitz Advantages and disadvantages Copy Share Image
“For political and social as well as for military reasons the preferred way of bringing about victory was the shortest, most direct… — Carl von Clausewitz Peace Copy Share Image
Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals. — Carl von Clausewitz Hatred Copy Share Image
A prince or general can best demonstrate his genius by managing a campaign exactly to suit his objectives and his resources, doing… — Carl von Clausewitz Campaigns Copy Share Image
What we should admire is the acute fulfillment of the unspoken assumptions, the smooth harmony of the whole activity, which only become… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them. — Carl von Clausewitz Balance Copy Share Image
There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make… — Carl von Clausewitz Action Copy Share Image
War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action is based are wrapped in a fog of… — Carl von Clausewitz Action Copy Share Image
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