Don't know the excact phrasing, but it sounded a bit like this;

"The three principles of war is; audacity audacity audacity!"

Who said it?

-BC

"L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace."
(Audacity, audacity, always audacity.)
- attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte
http://www.military-quotes.com/Napoleon.htm

Patton did also like that one, so I think he was the one who said that the three primciples of war was audacity x 3...
http://www.military-quotes.com/Patton.htm

Yes I think that was it! Thank you! I've been raking my brain to remember where I read it, and I think it was in the book obout the D-day, I wonder if it was by Ambrose? Must find the book and read it again.