Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give…

- Erwin Rommel

In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.

- Erwin Rommel

The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.

- Erwin Rommel

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

- Erwin Rommel

One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the…

- Erwin Rommel

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.

- Erwin Rommel

I would rather be the hammer than the anvil

- Erwin Rommel

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

- Erwin Rommel

Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

- Erwin Rommel