No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one. -Sir Archibald Wavell
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. -Niccolo Machiavelli
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. -Napoleon Bonaparte
To command is to serve, nothing more, nothing less. -Andre Malraux
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, "I was beaten," he does not say, "My men were beaten." -Antoine De Saint-Exupery
I must follow them. I am their leader. - Andrew Bonar Law
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. -Andre Maurois
The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions. -Marshal Georgi Zhukov
Napoleon Bonaparte
Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. -Joseph Stalin
To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous. -George Orwell
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball. -Charles V, of France
Nothing remains static in war or in military weapons, and it is consequently often dangerous to rely on courses suggested by apparent similarities in the past. -Admiral Ernest Joseph King
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated. General George Patton
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. -Colin Powell
Colin Powell
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril. -Xenophon
Leadership is the democratic army means firmness, not harshness; understanding, not weakness; justice, not license; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism. -General Omar Bradley
Always do everything you ask of those you command. -General George Patton
Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. -Colin Powell
To watch a highly skilled, experienced, and resolute commander controlling a hard-fought battle is to see, not only a man triumphing over the highest mental and physical stresses, but an artist producing his effects in the most complicated and difficult of all the arts. Field Marshal Sir William J. Slim
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. -Winston Churchill
Karl Von Clausewitz
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter. -Winston Churchill
There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform. -Xenophon
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. -General Omar Bradley
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response. -Karl Von Clausewitz
Remember, gentleman, an order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood. Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke, The Elder
Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make you timid. -Frederick the Great
Remember this: the truly great leader overcomes all difficulties and campaigns and battles are nothing but a long series of difficulties to be overcome. The lack of equipment, the lack of food, the lack of this or that are only excuses: the real leader displays his quality in his triumphs over adversity, however great it may be. -General George Marshall
When things go wrong in your command, start searching for the reason in increasingly larger concentric circles around your own desk. -General Bruce C. Clarke
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