Respect Quote by Ralph D. Sawyer

“The factors in warfare are: First, measurement; second, quantity; third, calculation; fourth, comparison; and fifth, victory.”

— Sun Tzu

Therefore, to estimate the enemy situation and to calculate distances and the degree of difficulty of the terrain so as to control victory are…

— Sun Tzu

“In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power. It is sufficient to estimate the enemy situation correctly…

— Sun Tzu

“therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy; preventing him from using the same…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“The nature of strategy consists of always having, even with a weaker army, more forces at the point of attack or at the point…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.”

— Sun Tzu

“The ultimate objective of all military operations is the destruction of the enemy’s armed forces and his will to fight.”* This sums up the…

— J.C. Wylie

Any method which appears to offer advantages to a nation at war will be vigorously employed by that nation. There is but one logical…

— George W. Merck

“By method and discipline are to be understood the marshaling of the army in its proper subdivisions, the graduations of rank among the officers,…

— Sun Tzu

The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

“...in war, the advantages and disadvantages of a single action could only be determined by the final balance.”

— Carl von Clausewitz

“A military leader thinks about casualties and losses, but a strategic one only aims the win.”

— M.F. Moonzajer