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Quotes About Morale

the Army saw slang as a morale builder no matter how cynical it became.
~ Paul Dickson
Building something by gradually refining a prototype is good for morale because it keeps you engaged.
~ Paul Graham
If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.
~ Sun Tzu
Morale still seems reasonably high and, while the desertion rate has risen, it is still limited to those who can walk.
~ Woody Allen
battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength." Syazarees
~ Xenophon
even if we only gain a psychological advantage, that can mean the difference between victory and defeat. I'm reminded of the words of my father the king, who says that battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength." Syazarees
~ Xenophon
Giving too many privileges to senior personnel can only damage morale. The struggle between nobles and commoners will always exist at some level, but when mutual suspicions are neutralized by working together closely toward common goals, this tension can be energizing rather than debilitating. There
~ Xenophon
I am here to change and make policy. The culture of LAPD versus the community and honest/good officers needs to and will change. I am here to correct and calibrate your morale compasses to true north.
~ Unknown
Complain about your crumbling infrastructure and overzealous Homeland Security all you like, but as least you have a system that theoretically provides both , which is a damn sight better for national morale than knowing you don't , and that at any moment some Aramis-drenched Visigoth could climb in the window of your bedroom, unzip your torso like a garment bag and eat out your liver with a crab fork.
~ Cintra Wilson
Morale is more important than weapons!
~ Unknown
Ninety percent of morale is pride in your outfit and confidence in your leaders and fellow fighters.
~ Unknown
Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly.
~ Herman Kahn
At my company, we have 300 employees spread across offices all over the world, and I send them all a voicemail each morning with a message from me about why our work is important and a reminder about one of our values. I call myself our company's 'chief spiritual officer.'
~ Ken Blanchard
Many nights during the war, Iranian soldiers would wake up to see a white-shrouded figure on a white horse blessing them. These apparitions of the Twelfth Imam were professional actors sent to boost morale. The common soldiers, often peasant boys raised in an atmosphere of simple piety, would then carry the tale to their relatives and friends in the villages and small towns they called home, if they lived to make it home.
~ Vali Nasr
Con l'arresto," mi dicevano i professionisti del carcere "sopraggiunge una sorta di sollievo morale; invece dell'inquietudine, dell'ansia, della tensione, si avverte una gioia segreta, in un certo senso tutto si è definito, sta facendo il suo corso... E sebbene ti si prospettino la condanna e la deportazione in carcere l'anima finalmente si riposa, ci si fa coraggio e si fa coraggio agli altri, se ne hanno bisogno
~ Varlam Shalamov
Good wages are pro business, since they reduce turnover, increase morale, produce better-skilled employees, and improve productivity.
~ Jim Hightower
Express Your Appreciation To Your Employees. Do Not Think They Already Know, Cause They Don't
~ Marieke Stoop
continual dissipation of American forces and morale. She was "petrified" about the consequences for America of making politics subservient indefinitely to military strategy.
~ Unknown
Lastly, vision is not a solution to a problem. If it is seen in that light, when the "problem" of low morale or unclear strategic direction goes away, the energy behind the vision will go away also. Building shared vision must be seen as a central element of the daily work of leaders.
~ Peter M. Senge
We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope. Falling into an interminable ennui.
~ Philip K. Dick
A weird time in which we are alive. We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope. Falling into an indeterminable ennui.
~ Philip K. Dick
With the support and protection of Democratic legislators, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the major TV networks now undertook a relentless five-year propaganda campaign against the war, taking relatively minor incidents like the misbehavior of guards at the Abu Ghraib prison and blowing them up into international scandals damaging their country's prestige and weakening its morale.
~ David Horowitz
Recent studies show, in fact, that it's not only the love of a husband, a wife, or children that can enable morale to remain strong and slow the progression of illness, but also the simple love and caring attention of friends old and new.
~ David Servan-Schreiber
esprit de corps
~ Ian W. Toll