Commanders Quotes

I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army].

— Scott Raab

I am myself my own commander. [Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.]

— Plautus

Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.

— Augustus

America needs a Commander in Chief, not a Global Community Organizer.

— Liz Cheney

A force engaged is out of the hand of its commander.

— Ardant du Picq

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

— Omar N. Bradley

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Rested commanders are the best commanders.

— James G. Stavridis

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep…

— Winston Churchill

Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online.

— Evgeny Morozov

Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders.

— Harvey Mackay

Nulle cre ature humaine ne peut commander a' l'amour. No human being can give orders to love.

— Sydney Samuelson

Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake.

— Lord Randolph Churchill

“Most commanders wanted as many good sources of information as possible. MacArthur was focused on limiting and controlling his sources of intelligence.”

— David Halberstam

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

— Douglas MacArthur

Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then…

— Dan Fogelman

As each man's strength gives out, as it no longer responds to his will, the inertia of the whole gradually comes to…

— Carl von Clausewitz

I intend to make America strong again. I'm going to be the champion of the middle class, where I came from. If…

— Lindsey Graham

The day General Soleimani flew back from Moscow to Iran was the day we believed that Russia used cyber warfare against the…

— Ted Cruz

My advice for the next commander in chief: Listen to your military advisers. Listen to your generals. They are the experts. Even…

— Ralph Abraham

Commander I believe in God and his son Jesus Christ and because I do I can say this. Private Santiago is dead…

— Kiefer Sutherland

Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leadership… I have seen many a good [military unit] underachieve, because someone...thought the…

— William H. McRaven

It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not…

— Aristotle

Americans are at war with radical Islamic terrorism. We are at war with the ISIS caliphate, and what we need is a…

— Mike Pence

We should ask our commanders..." Elayne trailed off. "If there are any we trust not to be under Compulsion." "There's only one,"…

— Robert Jordan

I would let the military commanders give the commander in chief options rather than tell them what you want to hear. Not…

— Jeb Bush

As Commander in Chief, I will maintain the strongest military in the world, keep faith with our troops and go after those…

— Barack Obama

I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from…

— John F. Kennedy

The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in…

— Erich von Manstein

There still shines the most important nuance by virtue of which the noble felt themselves to be men of a higher rank.…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The appearance of precision and order are so important to military commanders because they are generally idiots who couldn’t plan a decent…

— Stan Goff

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

— George S. Patton

There are times when a corps commander’s life does not count.

— Anonymous

As a commander-in-chief what you do and what you say has real consequences.

— Stephanie Cutter

God bless the soldiers and seamen, with all their brave commanders.

— Abraham Lincoln

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

— Fernando Pessoa

My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe.

— Barack Obama

Parcells is one of the all-time great commanders and motivators.

— Skip Bayless

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

— Aristotle