Quotes About Leadership

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. ... You can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son of a Goddamned Bitch named Georgie Patton.

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

No b****** ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb b****** die for his country.

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.

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

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

I don't fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, 'Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you seen a few policemen handle a crowd?

Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet

Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

That don't stop you from advocating it. This is politics, Big Boy.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

When the People contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything for their Victory but new Masters.

Power and honour don't share the same bed,

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what you want them to achieve, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity.

If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems.