1.
It takes less courage to criticize the decisions of others than to stand by your own.
Attila the Hun
It requires more fortitude to stand by your own opinion than to disparage the choices of others.
2.
It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents.
Attila the Hun
I triumph as others suffer crushing defeat, preferably in the presence of their guardians.
3.
Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.
Attila the Hun
Trammel the feeble. Stride over the perished.
4.
Never arbitrate. Arbitration allows a third party to determine your destiny. It is a resort of the weak.
Attila the Hun
Never submit to arbitration. Allowing a third party to dictate your future is an act of surrender. It is a sign of helplessness.
5.
There, where I have passed, the grass will never grow gain.
Attila the Hun
"No greenery will ever sprout in the wake of my footsteps."
6.
Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day.
Attila the Hun
Be wary of an adversary's capacity to oppose you anew, regardless of their magnitude.
7.
Superficial goals lead to superficial results
Attila the Hun
Shallow objectives breed unimportant outcomes.
8.
Everybody has value; even if to serve as a bad example.
Attila the Hun
All individuals possess worth; even if only to demonstrate what not to do.
9.
It is unfortunate when final decisions are made by chieftains headquartered miles away from the front, where they can only guess at conditions and potentialities known only to the captain of the battlefield.
Attila the Hun
10.
If an incompetent chieftain is removed, seldom do we appoint his highest-ranking subordinate to his place
Attila the Hun
11.
For what fortress, what city, in the wide extent of the Roman empire, can hope to exist, secure and impregnable, if it is our pleasure that it should be erased from the earth?
Attila the Hun
12.
Chieftains must understand that the spirit of the law is greater than its letter.
Attila the Hun
Leaders must recognize that the essence of the law is more important than its technicalities.