In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
Military Strategists
Erwin Rommel
The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies (1891-1944). Rommel's mastery of mobile warfare and his later connection to the anti-Hitler resistance gave him a unique moral stature that separates him from the broader German military leadership.
View this figure's profile
Erwin Rommel's Other Quotes
Related Quotes
He who plans more, wins. He who plans less, loses.
-- Mōri Motonari
One gun that hits with every shot can match a hundred guns that hit one in a hundred.
-- Tōgō Heihachirō
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
-- Sun Tzu
A general must be cautious in five things: reason, preparation, decisiveness, discipline, and restraint.
-- Wu Qi
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
-- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle.
-- Alexander Suvorov