Erwin Rommel Quotes

In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it. – Erwin Rommel

One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles. – Erwin Rommel

Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning. – Erwin Rommel

The best defense is a good offense. – Erwin Rommel

Sweat saves blood. – Erwin Rommel

Surprise is the greatest asset a general can have. – Erwin Rommel

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory. – Erwin Rommel

Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning. – Erwin Rommel

The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then penetrating like lightning, before the enemy has time to react. – Erwin Rommel

Wars are not won by evacuations. – Erwin Rommel

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success. – Erwin Rommel

Don’t fight against superior numbers if you can surround them. – Erwin Rommel

If the tank succeeds, then victory follows. – Erwin Rommel

In every operation there are innumerable factors which cannot be foreseen. – Erwin Rommel

I would still be able to dictate my course and achieve a favorable result. – Erwin Rommel

A state which has an army at its disposal is always ready to point at the possibility of war to justify its own existence. – Erwin Rommel

A commander may have won a series of battles, but if his army has been destroyed then he is defeated. – Erwin Rommel

There must be no further retreat. We will stand here and fight. – Erwin Rommel

We never fought for the sake of defeating an enemy. – Erwin Rommel

We learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. – Erwin Rommel

In history, a nation that can produce commanders of such quality has nothing to fear for its future. – Erwin Rommel

The German soldier has impressed the world by his stoicism and willingness to sacrifice. – Erwin Rommel

Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong. – Erwin Rommel

We have trusted in God and in ourselves. – Erwin Rommel

Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning. – Erwin Rommel

A leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don’t want to do, and like it. – Erwin Rommel

Give me your orders and I will carry them out. – Erwin Rommel

Discipline is the soul of an army. – Erwin Rommel

The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle. – Erwin Rommel

Pain is just weakness leaving the body. – Erwin Rommel

The harder the training, the easier the war. – Erwin Rommel

To a leader there are only two classifications of men: those who accomplish and those who fail. – Erwin Rommel

The secret of good soldiering is not marching swiftly to the enemy, but getting him to march swiftly to you. – Erwin Rommel

A leader should always be ready to take responsibility for the acts of his men. – Erwin Rommel

In the chaos of battle, the speed of violence shall prevail. – Erwin Rommel

Tanks are the spearhead of the army. – Erwin Rommel

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. – Erwin Rommel

An army is the most noble and essential profession in the world. – Erwin Rommel

Soldiers, don’t take counsel of your fears. – Erwin Rommel

The first and most urgent necessity in war is the provision of adequate food. – Erwin Rommel

All wars are a failure of diplomacy. – Erwin Rommel

Don’t let your soldiers get rusty waiting for a war. – Erwin Rommel

Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning. – Erwin Rommel

One establishes one’s credentials by traveling to a battlefield, even if only as a tourist. – Erwin Rommel

Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them. – Erwin Rommel