Duke of Wellington
Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.Collection: Men
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.Collection: War
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.Collection: Sad
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.Collection: God
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.Collection: Business
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.Collection: Art
I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.Collection: Men
As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'Collection: Hope
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.Collection: Fear
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.Collection: Religion
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Habit is ten times nature.
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.
Publish and be dammed.
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.Collection: Motivational
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.Collection: Military
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.Collection: War
Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world.Collection: Fighting
When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.Collection: Mistake
Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.Collection: Education
Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.Collection: Military
If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.Collection: Memorial Day
Yes, about ten minutes.Collection: Funny
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.Collection: Inspirational
The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.Collection: War
The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.Collection: Scum Of The Earth
Error is ever the sequence of haste.Collection: Errors
The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.Collection: Order
I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.Collection: Life
To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a poundCollection: Art
The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.Collection: Military
During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!"Collection: War
There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.Collection: Victory
When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.Collection: Bed
There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.Collection: Cannons
Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.Collection: Courage
Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.Collection: Heavy
My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.Collection: Believe
I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myselfCollection: Attributes
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.Collection: Art
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.Collection: Scum Of The Earth
A great country cannot wage a little war.Collection: Country