William Slim Quotes

United Kingdom, Governor
August 6, 1891 – December, 14, 1970.

Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.

Also known as Military

The dominant feeling of the battlefield is loneliness.

William Slim
Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.

William Slim
- Army
- Troops
- Morale

There is only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain't lookin'.

William Slim
- War
- Hard
- Principles
Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army.

William Slim
- Military
- Forget
- Army
There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers.

William Slim
- Officers
For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the enemy out of the strongest possible natural positions.

William Slim
- World
- War
- Enemy
When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder.

William Slim
- Life
- History
- Positive
Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision.

William Slim

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

William Slim
- Moral
- Courage
- Virtue
The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He was a veteran among the Allies.

William Slim
- War
- Fighting
- Chinese