Factors Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

— John Abizaid

If we read history with an open mind, we cannot fail to conclude that, among all the military virtues, the energetic conduct of war…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“War is good for morale and bad for morality”

— David Wisehart

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

— Chiang Kai-shek

I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

— Tom Paulin

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded…

— Herbert Read

War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of…

— Walter Bagehot

What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

— Sun Tzu

The professed war-weariness among populations who have sent only a small percentage of their sons and daughters to fight in recent wars may derive…

— H. R. McMaster

Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.

— Sun Tzu

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength…

— Mao Zedong

One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's…

— Erwin Rommel