Quotes About Leadership

When troops flee, are insubordinate, distressed, collapse in disorder or are routed, it is the fault of the general. None of these disasters can be attributed to natural causes.

When senior officers are angry and insubordinate, and on encountering the enemy rush into battle with no understanding of the feasibility of engaging and without awaiting orders from the commander, the army is in a state of collapse.

Hay que dejarle una salida a un ejército rodeado. Muéstrales una manera de salvar la vida para que no estén dispuestos a luchar hasta la muerte, y así podrás aprovecharte para atacarles. No presiones a un enemigo desesperado. Un animal agotado seguirá luchando, pues esa es la ley de la naturaleza.

When the general is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules to guide the officers and men and when the formations are slovenly the army is in disorder.

The general who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but whose only purpose is to protect the people and promote the best interests of his sovereign, is the precious jewel of the state.

PoÅ¡leÅ¡-li muže do boje, pak ?ím déle bude trvat dosažení vítÄ›zství, tím více se otupí jejich zbranÄ› a pohasne žár v jejich srdcích.

A wise leader always considers about gains and damages in his decisions.

Jsou pÃ…â"¢íkazy vládce, které nepÃ…â"¢ijmeÅ¡.

Ten, kdo ?asto vydává odmÄ›ny svým voják?m, je v tísni.

There are five traps for a general: recklessness, cowardice, incendiary character, refinement of honor and the care for his own people

Postaví-li se do ?ela vojska muž, který svou moudrostí na takový úkol nesta?í, je domýÅ¡livý. Postaví-li se do ?ela vojska muž, který svou odvahou na takový úkol nesta?í, je chvástavý. Postaví-li se do ?ela vojska muž, který nezná Tao a neprožil dostatek bitev, je vydán Å¡tÄ›stÄ›nÄ›.

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

Vojáci jsou oddáni pÄ›ti vÄ›cem: Pro svého vojev?dce zapomenou na svou rodinu. PÃ…â"¢ejdou-li hranici, zapomenou na své pÃ…â"¢íbuzné. StÃ…â"¢etnou-li s nepÃ…â"¢ítelem, zapomenou na sebe. Jsou-li odhodláni zemÃ…â"¢ít, budou žít. Neustálá honba za vítÄ›zstvím je z tÄ›chto pÄ›ti nejmenÅ¡í.

preserved in the T`UNG TIEN, and another in Ho Shin's commentary. It is suggested that before his interview with Ho Lu, Sun Tzu had only written the 13 chapters, but afterwards composed a sort of exegesis in the form of question and answer between himself and the King. Pi I-hsun, the author of the SUN TZU HSU LU, backs this up with a quotation from the WU YUEH CH`UN CH`IU: The King

The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy.

Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

Every commander is aware of this five fundamental determinants: the path, the heaven, the earth, the leadership and discipline

Those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him. One able to make the enemy come of his own accord does so by offering him some advantage. And one able to prevent him from coming does so by hurting him. If you are able to hold critical points on his strategic roads the enemy cannot come. Therefore Master Wang said: 'When a cat is at the rat hole, ten thousand rats dare not come out; when a tiger guards the ford, ten thousand deer cannot cross.

Moreover, The Art of War ends with a quiet coda whose firm assertion is too often overlooked: that even the most impressive empires fall as soon as their rulers, by their careless conduct, lose or cast aside the best men in their employ.

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All men can see the tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved

The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerely, benevolence, courage and strictness.

A menos que tu corazón esté totalmente abierto y tu mente en orden, no puedes esperar ser capaz de adaptarte a responder sin límites, a manejar los acontecimientos de manera infalible, a enfrentarte a las dificultades graves e inesperadas sin turbarte, dirigiendo cada cosa sin confusión.

Conseguir cien victorias en cien batallas no es la medida de la habilidad: someter al enemigo sin luchar es la suprema excelencia.