"Altogether, Cavalry operations are exceedingly difficult, knowledge of the country is absolutely necessary, and ability to comprehend the situation at a glance, and an audacious spirit, are everything."

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Source : Maurice de Saxe (2012). “Reveries on the Art of War”, p.67, Courier Corporation

Maurice de Saxe

#Country Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Operations Quotes

“Friends of my youth, a last adieu! Haply some day we meet again: Ye ne'er the self-same men shall meet; the years shall make us other men.”

Source : "The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî". Poem by Richard Francis Burton, 1870.
“It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.
“The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this.”
“The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if they're doing something that is unorthodox.”
“I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.”
“A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.”
“I want to cultivate a deep sense of gratitude, of groundedness, of enough, even while I'm longing for something more. The longing and the gratitude, both. I'm practicing believing that God knows more than I know, that he sees what I can't, that he's weaving a future I can't even imagine from where I sit this morning.”
“Fortunately for me, I ran across some girls I could get along with so I could enjoy high school life okay, but it must be awful for kids who don't get along with anybody. We're different from our parents, a completely different species from our teachers. And kids who are one grade apart you are in a different world altogether. In other words, we're basically surrounded by enemies and have to make it on our own.”

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