You have the spirit of a warrior. The spirit of a warrior is not easily beaten.

Shaka Zulu

Military Strategists

Shaka Zulu

The Zulu king who transformed a minor southern African tribe into a military superpower through revolutionary weapons, tactics, and organizational reform (c. 1787-1828). Shaka Zulu independently reinvented principles of close combat, professional armies, and encirclement warfare that paralleled developments in ancient Rome and Mongolia.

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Source: 祖鲁口述传统

Shaka Zulu's Other Quotes

Never leave an enemy behind, or it will rise again to fly at your throat.

The spear that is thrown is lost.

Strike an enemy once and for all. Let him cease to exist as a tribe or he will live to fly at your throat again.

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