Hannibal Barca Quotes
20 quotes from Hannibal Barca — Carthaginian general considered one of history's greatest military commanders..
“I will find a way, or I will make one.”
“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”
“We will either find a way or we will make one. We will not be defeated.”
“In war, it is not the strongest that wins, but the one that is able to adapt.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
“No one can be a great general who is not also a great strategist.”
“It is better to be bold than to be cautious in war.”
“A wise general does not take risks; he knows the importance of his troops.”
“Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.”
“He who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.”
“The art of war is to keep the enemy constantly in a state of uncertainty.”
“An army without a strategy is like a ship without a captain.”
“Of all that befell the Romans and Carthaginians, good or bad, the cause was one man and one mind — Hannibal.”
“When word of the defeat reached Rome, panic gripped the city, and women flocked to temples to weep for their lost husbands, sons, and brothers.”
“If it be true, as no one doubts, that the Roman people excelled all other nations in warlike merit, it is not to be disputed that Hannibal surpassed other commanders in ability as much as the Romans surpassed all other people in valour.”
“My father Hamilcar, when I was a very little boy, being not more than nine years old, offered sacrifices at Carthage when he was going as commander into Spain. While this ceremony was being performed, he asked me whether I should like to go with him to the camp. As I willingly expressed my consent, he required me, taking hold of the altar, to swear that I would never be in friendship with the Romans.”
“So great and wonderful is the influence of a Man, and a mind duly fitted by original constitution for any undertaking within the reach of human powers.”
“There lies the fate of Carthage.”
“You know how to win battles, Hannibal, but you do not know how to use your victories.”
“He so cherished in his mind the hatred which his father had borne the Romans, and which was left him, as it were, by bequest, that he laid down his life before he would abate it.”
