Quotes by Karl Von Clausewitz

A conqueror is always a lover of peace. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen war. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

Politics is the womb in which war develops. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference. (Karl Von Clausewitz)

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. (Karl Von Clausewitz)