Carl von Clausewitz Quotes.

1. "The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan."
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

2. "Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult"
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

3. "Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating."
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

4. "No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it."
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

5. "Our knowledge of circumstances has increased, but our uncertainty, instead of having diminished, has only increased. The reason of this is, that we do not gain all our experience at once, but by degrees; so our determinations continue to be assailed incessantly by fresh experience; and the mind, if we may use the expression, must always be under arms."
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

6. "There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment"
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

7. "If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles."
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

8. "We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea."
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

9. "To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power and movement. The enemy’s "center of gravity"
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

10. "Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero."
- Quote by Carl von Clausewitz