Bernard Law Montgomery Quotes

Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the military effort at his disposal to force the battle to swing the way he wishes it to go; he must make the enemy dance to his tune from the beginning and not vice versa.

To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride of our doings.

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.

Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.

There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers.

Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.