When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing. - Erwin Rommel

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

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 be the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.

Thus the British lost the very able and adaptable commander <nowiki/>David Stirling of the desert group <nowiki/>SAS which had caused us more damage than any other British unit of equal strength.