Carl von Clausewitz Quotes about Exercise

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The more physical the activity, the less the difficulties will be. The more the activity becomes intellectual and turns into motives which exercise a determining influence on the commander's will, the more the

The more physical the activity, the less the difficulties will be. The more the activity becomes intellectual and turns into motives which exercise a determining influence on the commander's will, the more the difficulties will increase.

Carl von Clausewitz

Exercise, Intellectual, Influence

Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.140, Princeton University Press

In War, the young soldier is very apt to regard unusual fatigues as the consquence of faults, mistakes, and embarrassment in the conduct of the whole, and to become distressed and depondent as a consequence. This would not happen if he had been prepared for this beforehand by exercises in peace.

Carl von Clausewitz

Mistake, War, Exercise

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

Carl von Clausewitz

War, Exercise, Inanimate Objects

Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.149, Princeton University Press