Certainty Quote by Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

— Colin Powell

No plan of battle ever survives contact with the enemy.

— Anonymous

No plan survives contact with the enemy

— Erwin Rommel

No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.

— Douglas MacArthur

No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy

— Carl von Clausewitz

After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must not be…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.

— Publilius Syrus

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Rick Atkinson

In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.

— Martin Luther

[Insurgents] pose no strategic threat to the United States or to the Coalition Forces.

— Paul Bremer

Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory.

— Curtis Armstrong