Quotes About Command

France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier.

A general must be a charlatan.

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

Strong combat leadership is never by committee. Platoon commanders must command, and command in battle isn't based on consensus. It's based on consent. Any leader wields only as much authority and influence as is conferred by the consent of those he leads. The Marines allowed me to be their commander, and they could revoke their permission at any time.

Tell me what to do, not how to do it.' Decentralize command and allow subordinates to operate freely within the framework of the commander's intent. Train them as a team. Develop trust, loyalty, initiative.

Great Marine commanders, like all great warriors, are able to kill that which they love most -- their men.

Some man of powerful character to command a person, morally subjected to him, to perform some act. The commanding person suddenly to die; and, for all the rest of his life, the subjected one continues to perform that act.

The household revolved around Matthias's power, his anger, and obedience to him in all things.

The disciple James, symbol of a disciplined judgment, must when raised to the high office of a supreme judge be blindfolded that he may not be influenced by the flesh nor judge after the appearances of being. Disciplined judgment is administered by one who is not influenced by appearances. The one who has called these brothers to discipleship continues faithful to his command to hear only that which he has been commanded to hear, namely, the Good.

Far greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world." This is the cry of everyone who finds his awareness of being to be God. Your recognition of this fact will automatically cleanse the temple, your consciousness, of the thieves and robbers, restoring to you that dominion over things which you lost the moment you forgot the command, "Thou shalt have no other God beside ME.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command

A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands.

VILLENEUVE HOLDS A COUNCIL OF WAR

commander-in-chief of the British army,

who marched his men to the top of the hill and marched them down again.

Addressed to the entire British fleet,

the first said simply: 'General chase, south-east.' The second said: 'Prepare for battle.

In truth, though, Villeneuve was still in command, and still in Cadiz.

Shortly before 7 p.m., Captain Jean Lucas of the Redoutable caught his first glimpse of Nelson's fleet to starboard:

Villeneuve didn't hesitate. Gravina was right. The whole fleet must form line of battle at once,

Napoleon had been in the thick of it, leading from the front.

He would be followed by Vice-Admiral Honoré Ganteaume with six frigates and twenty-one ships

This monster force would then turn about and return to Europe under Ganteaume's command,

At his command, three decks of guns fired simultaneously into the Fougueux,