A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

— B. H. Liddell Hart