Quote by Alexander Pope

“Hence a commander who advances without any thought of winning personal fame and withdraws in spite of certain punishment, whose only concern is to…

— Sun Tzu

“A general may succeed for some time in persuading his superiors that he is a good commander: he will never”

— Field Marshal Archibald wavell

“a skillful soldier is not violent, an able fighter does not rage, a mighty conqueror does not give battle, a great commander is a…

— Lao Tzu

“-commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obey them, the more power they have over you.”

— Orsen Card

“A true leader should have the power to begin, the eloquence to communicate, the patience to execute and the wisdom to evaluate. Without one,…

— Charbel Tadros

“When men competed for positions of power, it was generally acknowledged that the ones who got it were invariably the ones who could least…

— John Moore

“Men of honour will always outstay men of undeserved rank.”

— A.H. Septimius

“One must be awake to his own duty, however little it seems, and then be vigilant in condemning those who would do bad things,…

— Anonymous

“This is how command passes from a weak officer to a stronger. No rank alters; no papers are filed. Without a word, every man…

— Steven Pressfield

“When leaders are worthy of respect, the people are willing to work for them. When their virtue is worthy of admiration, their authority can…

— Huananzi

“He must have courage, not the physical courage required on a battlefield but the moral courage to make and carry out decisions that might…

— Alistair MacLean

“...[T]he sublimity and intrinsic dignity of the command in duty are so much the more evident, the less the subjective impulses favor it and…

— Immanuel Kant