Quotes About Leadership

Let others do your work for you. Use quotes, anecdotes, information from other authorities; let them carry your message across. —Vladimir Nabokov

Troy earned all of our respect," says Garry Cobb, the Dallas linebacker. "He got killed and refused to cry. I've been on the field when quarterbacks cry, and it ain't pretty. Dan Marino was a crier—'Whose man was that! Where's the blocking! Whah! ' But Aikman—never. Aikman was a man.

the hard look of a man who also understood, who had seen all the stupidity, who knew, after all, that the gold stars were often mindless decoration, that the army was led not by symbols, but by the fallible egos and blind fantasies of men.           I

he is appointed Lieutenant Colonel, second-in-command of the Twentieth Maine Regiment of Volunteers.

Burnside was in the best position on the field, could have moved at any time toward a weak defense, a defense that was weaker still

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was not in favor of war and was under no illusion that Japan had the ability and the resources to outlast the US or Britain.

I did not come into this Army to serve one man, to serve a friend.

responsibility, had been shifted from the president's weakening shoulders. It was now up

I always had the faith that this country would elect those who knew best, who could follow the best course through any situation.

who blamed Lee. Longstreet knew that somewhere

As long as there are armies, there will be a war. I don't care about symbols.

We had a tough fight here, but dammit, we're getting the job done. The First and the Twenty-ninth took heavy casualties all day yesterday, and they're still taking them now.

hatchway with both hands, took a breath, glanced up, across the rows of tanks, half-tracks, and armored trucks moving into line. He watched as the oil trucks moved away

control of Tunisia, and in both Algeria and

instructions like he's never been on a field of

Is that not what a commander must do, earn respect, give them discipline and . . . love them?

Chamberlain

armies von Arnim

Two things an officer must do, to lead men. This from old Ames, who never cared about love: You must care for your men's welfare. You must show physical courage. Well

The best way to defend is to attack and the best way to attack is to attack. At Chancellorsville, Lee was asked why he attacked when he was outnumbered three to one. He said he was too weak to defend. —GEORGE PATTON

annoyance, Eisenhower knew that the prolonged

General Lee, if it will please God, we will kill them all.

Make the fight, don't talk about it. You cannot imagine Ã¢â'¬Â¦ the volume of talk that flows around this place. Washington is like a barnyard full of braying mules Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and that includes most of my cabinet.

Dammit, you've got a job to do! He tried to pull energy—confidence—from the faces of the others, even from men who had never done this before.