Battle Quote by Betsy DeVos

In warfare, first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but…

— Sun Tzu

“No battle plan can anticipate all contingencies. There are always unexpected factors including those stemming from the opponent's initiative. A battle must thus becomes…

— Timothy Zahn

Planning is really the hallmark of any large military formation, and it's typically a weakness in new formations and new armies.

— John R. Allen

Battles, on the military and the economic front, are first lost in the minds of the strategists for want of ideas before they are…

— Sanjaya Baru

Many armies fail because they put all their emphasis into creating a plan that becomes useless ten minutes into the battle

— Anonymous

One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm…

— Joe Haldeman

Strategy is something that emerges from reality, while tactics might be chosen.

— George Friedman

Military and absolutist regimes are undoubtedly well fitted to get the jump on an unsuspecting or unprepared enemy; but the history of modern warfare…

— Samuel Eliot Morison

A military is built to fight. Our military must regard combat capability as the criterion to meet in all its work and focus on…

— Xi Jinping

Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.

— Charles de Gaulle

“first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle;  if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on…

— Sun Tzu

“while the main laws of strategy can be stated clearly enough for the benefit of all and sundry, you must be guided by the…

— Sun Tzu