Bernard Law Montgomery Quotes

United States, Military Officer
November 17, 1887 – March, 24, 1976.

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

Bernard Law Montgomery
- Good
- Quality
- Decision
Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.

Bernard Law Montgomery
- Up
- Power
- Air

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

Bernard Law Montgomery
- Success
- Fighting
- Picture
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.

Bernard Law Montgomery
- War
- Air
I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.

Bernard Law Montgomery
Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

Bernard Law Montgomery
- Mind
- Fear
- Discipline