B. H. Liddell Hart Quotes

Best 20+ B. H. Liddell Hart Messages, Quotes, and Images

The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.

The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

If you want peace, understand war.

If you want peace, understand war.

Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent.

Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent.

The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation.

The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation.

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.

For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

1 2 3

You May Also Like

People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.

People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.

Author: Geoffrey Rush

Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.

Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.

Author: Michael Douglas

All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate.

All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate.

Author: John Dewey

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.

Author: Alphonse de Lamartine

I am gone quite mad with the knowledge of accepting the overwhelming number of things I can never know, places I can never go, and people I can never be.

I am gone quite mad with the knowledge of accepting the overwhelming number of things I can never know, places I can never go, and people I can never be.

Author: Sylvia Plath

it is not only unfair but disgustingly cruel that the mother is always held responsible for the illegitimate child, while the father goes scot-free.

it is not only unfair but disgustingly cruel that the mother is always held responsible for the illegitimate child, while the father goes scot-free.

Author: Dale Evans