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“In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which governs survival in war as in life ... To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it; the best chance of overcoming such obstruction is to have a plan that can be easily varied to fit the circumstances met.”

War Problem Law Courses Force Chance Enemy Plans Military Fit Circumstances Mets Survival Overcoming Accounts Practicals Alternatives Opposing Adaptability Obstruction

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“There is only one purpose in hand-to-hand combat, and that is to kill. Never face an enemy with the idea of knocking him out. The chances are extremely good that he will kill you.”

Ideas Hands Faces Purpose Chance Enemy Combat Chances Are Knocking

Author:William Powell

“We didn't build our bridges simply to avoid walking on water. Nothing so obvious. A bridge is a meeting place. A neutral place. A casual place. Enemies will choose to meet on a bridge and end their quarrel in that void... For lovers, a bridge is a possibility, a metaphor of their chances. And for the traffic in whispered goods, where else but a bridge in the night?”

Ends Night Water Chance Enemy Possibility Lovers Walking Meetings Metaphor Obvious Bridges Goods Void Traffic Quarrels Casual Walking On Water

Book:The Passion

Source: The Passion

“The authentic rebel knows that the silencing of all his adversaries is the last thing on earth he wishes: their extermination would deprive him and whoever else remains alive from the uniqueness, the originality, and the capacity for insight that these enemies being human also have and could share with him. If we wish the death of our enemies, we cannot talk about the community of man. In the losing of the chance for dialogue with our enemies, we are the poorer.”

Source: Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence

“I've never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don't take that sort of risk, you learn nothing.”

Ifs Felt Fear Chance Enemy Growing Risk Offers Creating My Friends Something New Creating Something

Author:Eartha Kitt

“The first and most important rule to observe...is to use our entire forces with the utmost energy. The second rule is to concentrate our power as much as possible against that section where the chief blows are to be delivered and to incur disadvantages elsewhere, so that our chances of success may increase at the decisive point. The third rule is never to waste time. Finally, the fourth rule is to follow up our successes with the utmost energy. Only pursuit of the beaten enemy gives the fruits of victory.”

Giving Firsts May Important Use Energy Force Chance Enemy Victory Waste Thirds Increase Fruit Blow Pursuit Chiefs Wasting Time Elsewhere Fourth Beaten Sections Disadvantages Follow Up

Author:Carl von Clausewitz

“When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal.”

Knows Winning Chance Enemy Equal Losing Ignorant Know Yourself Win Or Lose

Book:The Art of War

Source: The Art of War