Quotes About Leadership

The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him, he will learn readily and make a good soldier.

An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.

No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

War is young men dying and old men talking

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.

Do not let us speak of darker days let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

No one can guarantee success in war but only deserve it.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Yes, there are plenty of politicians who are liars, there is no doubt about this! But some of them are not only liars but also serial killers because they deliberately send people to the wars!

There isn't a viler creature on earth than a politician who sends the children of others to the war but not his own children!

To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.

...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.

One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.

Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.

Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.

The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders'.

If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst. [One may know the condition of a whole army from the behavior of a single man.]

ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred with out a head

If women ruled the world there would be no wars. But, we all would have been aborted.