Quotes About Command

Go, bid the soldiers shoot.

Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.

At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.

Attention, Texas Brigade! The eyes of General Lee are upon you. Forward, march!

War buddies don't exist in the meeting room. It's a battle between a lot of different officers. Some continue fighting when they don't realize that they have been shot.

that your power of commandwith simple language wasone of the magnificent things ofour century.(from the poem: result)

It's a lot cleaner when Command kills you on purpose . . . than when they do it by accident.

Fear breeds a desire for simplicity. Good and evil. Right and wrong. Chains of command.

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

...Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak.

When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is INSUBORDINATION.

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.

But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy.

Hang yourself brave Crillon. We fought at Arques and you were not there.

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.

Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!

It is executive presence—and no man or woman attains a top job, lands an extraordinary deal, or develops a significant following without this heady combination of confidence, poise, and authenticity that convinces the rest of us we're in the presence of someone who's the real deal. It's an amalgam of qualities that telegraphs that you are in charge or deserve to be.

Remember that for every problem you face, Heaven has a divine prescription. God has a command of authority that you can bring against your present condition!

As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.