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Quotes About Leadership

When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is COLLAPSE.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one standard of courage which all must reach.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country -- its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
When an invading force crosses a river in its onward march, do not advance to meet it in mid-stream. It will be best to let half the army get across, and then deliver your attack.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
If his forces are united, separate them.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
A piece of benevolence, a shard of good will is sometimes all that is needed to raise a truly loyal army.
~ LordBloodySoul
A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Sergeant Tin said it would be easier to just call you Corporal. She said you go back and forth, promoted one day and busted the next.
~ Henry V. O'Neil, Live Echoes
Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times.
~ Winston S. Churchill
Whoever has the sword will have the earth.
~ Oliver North, Counterfeit Lies
But I will never ask anyone from our village-from any village in Tlanth-to risk his or her life unless I'm willing to myself.
~ Sherwood Smith, Crown Duel
Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
I will follow anyone... And tell everyone...How grateful I am...To the Western nations.
~ Widad Akreyi
5, 6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them.
~ Sun Tzu
He wins his battles by making no mistakes.Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
I wonder are we the people really that high on these political agenda's these day's? Or are we merely pawns in the majestic Game of Thrones?
~ Nynke Visser
To where? We don't know. To do what? We don't know either. No one tells us anything. We just follow orders.
~ Derrick Wolf, Boys for Men
War is a need by a country that wants power, but the USA is already great
~ Tim Clisch
If everyone loves you, maybe you don't need so many tanks.
~ Craig Nelson