My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
The first duty of a leader is optimism. How does your subordinate feel after meeting with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader. — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly. — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
Rule 1, on page I of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow". Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good. That is the first rule. I do not know whether your Lordships will know Rule 2 of war. It is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China". It… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share
To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days that lie… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight. — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners. — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. To us is given the… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the military effort… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers. — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
