Quotes by Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel

A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.

Recovery

Risk

Taken

Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible.

Done

Impossible

Moments

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.

Air

Enemy

Fighting

Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don’t in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.

Men

Military

Voice

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Courage

Military

Stupid

Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.

Fighting

Life

War

For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

Jail

People

Your Side

Good soldiers, bad officers; however don’t forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

Civilization

Forget

Soldier

He [Hitler] seemed very depressed and upset about the Stalingrad disaster. He said that one is always liable to look on the black side of things after a defeat, a tendency which can lead one into dangerous and false conclusions.

Black

Looks

Upset

I didn’t die nor win.

Dies

Winning

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Ammunition

Anvils

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Authority

Bad Ass

Battle

Believe

Black

Blood

Brain

Civilization

Class

Clear

Communication

Courage

Danger

Dies

Differences

Division

Doe

Done

Enemy

Energy

Errors

Exercise

Facts

Fighting

Firsts

Fixed

Forget

Given

Giving

Hammers

Hell

Historical

Ideas

Ifs

Important

Impossible

Issues

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Jail

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Long

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Quotes by Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel

A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.

Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible.

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.

For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

Good soldiers, bad officers; however don’t forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

He [Hitler] seemed very depressed and upset about the Stalingrad disaster. He said that one is always liable to look on the black side of things after a defeat, a tendency which can lead one into dangerous and false conclusions.

I didn’t die nor win.

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