There is but one means to extenuate the effects of enemy fire: it is to develop a more violent fire oneself. Ferdinand Foch More Quotes by Ferdinand Foch More Quotes From Ferdinand Foch The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. Ferdinand Foch inspirational love life My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. Ferdinand Foch battle military giving This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years. Ferdinand Foch armistice twenties years School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. There are many ways of going forward, but there is only one way of standing still. A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills. Doing your best is more important than being the best. Giant oak trees started out as little nuts. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. Ferdinand Foch wall powerful motivational Aviation is fine as a sport. But as an instrument of war, it is worthless. Ferdinand Foch air-power sports war Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think. Ferdinand Foch regulation use thinking The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, . . . stubborn will. Ferdinand Foch singleness-of-purpose quality fundamentals In whatever position you find yourself, determine first your objective. Ferdinand Foch april finding-yourself firsts The military mind always imagines that the next war will be on the same lines as the last. That has never been the case and never will be. One of the great factors on the next war will be aircraft obviously. The potentialities of aircraft attack on a large scale are almost incalculable. Ferdinand Foch military mind war A war not only arises, but derives its nature , from the political ideas, the moral sentiments, and the international relations obtaining at the moment when it breaks out. This amounts to saying:;: try and know why and with the help of what you are going to act; then you will find out how to act. Ferdinand Foch political war ideas Victory is a thing of the will. Ferdinand Foch victory military A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost. Ferdinand Foch battle acknowledge lost Don't drown yourself in details. Look at the whole. Ferdinand Foch details whole looks To be disciplined does not mean being silent, abstaining, or doing only what one thinks one may undertake without risk; it is not the art of eluding responsibility; it means acting in compliance with orders received, and therefore finding in one's own mind, by effort and reflection, the possibility to carry out such orders. It also means finding in one's own will the energy to face the risks involved in execution. Ferdinand Foch responsibility mean art It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general. Ferdinand Foch casualties military train The truth is, no study is possible on the battle-field; one does there simply what one can in order to apply what one knows . Therefore, in order to do even a little, one has already to know a great deal and to know it well. Ferdinand Foch battle doe order The unknown is the governing principle of war. Ferdinand Foch leadership sports war I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country. Ferdinand Foch england conscious country One is defeated only when one accepts defeat. Ferdinand Foch perseverance defeat ambition The distribution of troops devoted to the defence of a place includes a garrison, an occupying force, numerically as weak as possible; a reserve as strong as possible, designed for counterattacking and for providing itself, at the moment it goes into action, with a security service which will guard it from any possible surprise. Ferdinand Foch troops strong action
