Carl von Clausewitz Quotes About Effort

Quotes about: Effort

• The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Military, War, Son

  Carl von Clausewitz (2006). “Selections from On war”

• Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can produce great results. Blood is the price of victory.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Determination, Military, War

• Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in water, so in war, it is difficult for normal efforts to achieve even moderate results.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Knowledge, Learning

  Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.120, Princeton University Press

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