“You've lived through a lot of wars, I said. "Yes." Do they ever make more sense? "No.” -Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: a True Story
“Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love.” -Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
“War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about one thing in particular.” -T.H. White, The Once and Future King
"Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.” -Ptahhotep Thats a hard one to practice in this game -_-.
“I told you to make weapons, Taim. Show me just how deadly they are. Disperse the Shaido. Break them.” -Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos Such a great book series. Had chills at the part after this.
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. Sun Tzu Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/sun_tzu.html#aZjzyRx2ZrWzAqTC.99
"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself." -Sun Tzu
"To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." -Sun Tzu
"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death." -Sun Tzu
"The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand." -Sun Tzu
"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy." -Sun Tzu
"Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations." -Sun Tzu
"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved." -Sun Tzu
