I came, I saw, I conquered.

The die is cast.

Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.

The more troops, the better I command them.

-- The greatest military mind of early imperial China, whose campaigns established the Han dynasty (c. 231-196 BCE). Han Xin's tactical innovations — including the legendary 'battle with backs to the river' — demonstrated that battlefield psychology and terrain exploitation could overcome any numerical disadvantage. His reward

I serve.

-- The greatest English military commander of the Hun

If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the ranks.

-- The 'Lion of the North' who revolutionized European warfare through combined-arms tactics and transformed Sweden into a continental great power during the Thirty Years' War

Show them how, explain it to them, let them try it, then praise them — otherwise people will not act.

-- The Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor attack and commanded the Combined Fleet during the Pacific War's decisive early phase

A general's greatest weapon is the trust of his soldiers.

-- The Byzantine Empire's greatest general

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.

-- Rumi