One Does Simply What One Can In

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.

Regulations Are All Very Well For Drill, But In The Hour Of Danger They Are No More Use. You Have To Learn To Think.

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.

Aviation Is Fine As A Sport. But As An Instrument Of War, It Is Worthless.

This Absence Of Similarity Among Military Questions Naturally Brings Out The Inability Of Memory To Solve Them; Also The Sterility Of Invariable Forms, Such As Figures, Geometrical Drawings ( épures ), Plans ( Schémas ), Etc. One Only Right Solution Imposes Itself:;: Namely, The Application, Varying According To Circumstances, Of Fixed Principles.