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Carl von Clausewitz - From the Activity category:
The more physical the activity, the less the difficulties will be. The more the activity becomes intellectual and turns into motives... the more the difficulties will increase. (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Character category:
We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them. (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Courage category:
There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom. (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Determination category:
Determination in a single instance is an expression of courage; if it becomes characteristic, a mental habit. (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Genius category:
Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a 'genius.' (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Greatness category:
Great things alone can make a great mind, and petty things will make a petty mind unless a man rejects them as completely alien. (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Insecurity category:
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Politics category:
War is merely the continuation of politics by other means. (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Problems category:
Given an equal amount of intelligence, timidity will cause a thousand times more problems than audacity. (Carl von Clausewitz)
Carl von Clausewitz - From the Unknowns category:
If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead. (Carl von Clausewitz)
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