Quotes by Bernard Law Montgomery

About Bernard Law Montgomery:

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein was a British Army officer.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

Bernard Law Montgomery

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

Bernard Law Montgomery

I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.

Bernard Law Montgomery

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

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

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.

Bernard Law Montgomery

Author Bio

  • NameBernard Law Montgomery
  • DescriptionBritish Army officer, Commander of Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein
  • AliasesBernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
  • BornNovember 17, 1887
  • DiedMarch 24, 1976
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAuthor; Officer
  • AwardsGrand Cross Of The Legion Of Honour; Croix De Guerre 1914–1918; Grand Officer Of The Order Of Leopold II; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Bath; Chief Commander Of The Legion Of Merit; Distinguished Service Order; Order Of The White Lion; Virtuti Militari; Order Of Victory