Highest Quote by Attila the Hun

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

— Arleigh Burke

For a leader to pick his own successor is a feudal practice.

— Deng Xiaoping

Grooming a successor, is it an inheritance? In a democratic party, you don't want leaders appointed that way. They have to be appointed properly…

— Robert Mugabe

Because to me it is inconceivable that a subordinate leader should not carry out orders given by the leaders of the State.

— Otto Ohlendorf

A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when the person…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I think they need to remove the general. He is unfit for the position he is being called upon to serve, precisely because he's…

— James Zogby

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

— William H. McRaven

Staff officers of inharmonious disposition, irrespective of their ability, must be removed. A staff cannot function unless it is a united family.

— George S. Patton

If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it…

— Francis of Assisi

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to…

— Madeleine Albright

The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.

— Hyman Rickover

“...the leader should reserve to himself the hiring, compensating, motivating, molding, assessing and firing of his chief lieutenants.”

— Steven B. Sample