Alexander Suvorov famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Fighting #Enemy #Weapons
Win with ability, not with numbers.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#War #Winning #Numbers
Fire opens the gates of victory.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Fire #Victory #Gates
What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Training #Battle #Easy
The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#War #Mad #Bayonets
Judgment of eye, speed and attack are the basis of victory.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Eye #Victory #Judgment
There is nobody more terrible than the desperate.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Desperate #Terrible
Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Exercise #Self #Foundation
No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Practice #Battle #Study
Train hard, fight easy.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Fighting #Easy #Train
Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Giving #Soldier #Patterns
A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Strong #Cutting #Thinking
To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Enemy #Defeat #Surprise
As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Fighting #Long #Enemy
The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Bayonets #Bullets #Fool
Accustom yourself to tireless activity.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#War
When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#War #Cutting #Enemy
The Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#War #Church #Survivor
The more comfort, the less courage there is.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#War #Comfort
If we had not driven them into hell, hell would have swallowed us.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#War #Hell #Driven
A hard drill makes an easy battle.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Battle #Easy
To me death is better than the defensive.
-- Alexander Suvorov
One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Thinking #Giving #Bravery
Fortune seized at the right moment gives victory.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Giving #Victory #Moments
One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country.
-- Alexander Suvorov

#Country #War #Fate

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