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Battle6 quotes
My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking. — Ferdinand Foch · 1914Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?
I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. — Walt Whitman · 1855Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. — Suetonius · 52In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. — Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1962Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten. — Abu Bakr · 634Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead! — William Shakespeare · 1599War3 quotes
Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. — Suetonius · 52In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. — Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1962Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten. — Abu Bakr · 634Aggression1 quote
My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking. — Ferdinand Foch · 1914Brevity1 quote
Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten. — Abu Bakr · 634Failure1 quote
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?
I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. — Walt Whitman · 1855Preparation1 quote
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. — Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1962Winning and losing1 quote
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?
I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. — Walt Whitman · 1855