Battle Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Preparing for battle, plans were essential. But once the battle was joined, plans were useless.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

— Winston Churchill

Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.

— Ben Horowitz

Every battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

— Dwight D Eisenhower

Plans are useless, but planning is essential.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“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

No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. Not when the enemy is me.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.

— Peter Drucker

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

“Proverbially, no military plan survives contact with the enemy. That is never truer than when there is no plan to begin with.”

— Rick Atkinson