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It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.
— Erwin Rommel
When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.
— Erwin Rommel
If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.
— Erwin Rommel
Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
— Erwin Rommel
Loose lips sink ships.
— 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
To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.
— Erwin Rommel
There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.
— Erwin Rommel
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.
— Erwin Rommel
Which would your men rather be, tired, or dead?
— Erwin Rommel
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
— Erwin Rommel
Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.
— Erwin Rommel
Sweat saves blood.
— Erwin Rommel
Messages can't be intercepted if they aren't sent, can they?
— Erwin Rommel
The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.
— Erwin Rommel
In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.
— Erwin Rommel
Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.
— Erwin Rommel
There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.
— Erwin Rommel
One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.
— Erwin Rommel
Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible.
— Erwin Rommel
The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.
— Erwin Rommel
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
— Erwin Rommel
I would rather he had given me one more division
— 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.
— Erwin Rommel
I didn't die nor win.
— Erwin Rommel