When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim More Quotes by William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim More Quotes From William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim There is only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain't lookin'. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim principles hurt war Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim vision personality leadership Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim morale troops army Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim moral virtue courage There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim officers Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim army land military The dominant feeling of the battlefield is loneliness. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim loneliness military feelings For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the enemy out of the strongest possible natural positions. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim war enemy world The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He was a veteran among the Allies. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim fighting war years
