Capricious Quote by Barbara Tuchman

Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained.

— Theodore Dalrymple

Obeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing…

— Ilsa J. Bick

You must disobey an order, if the order is unfair, or inhuman. Disobedience is not something we are being taught.

— Roselyne Bosch

“One must require from each one the duty with each one can perform," said the king. "Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can…

— Dag Hammarskjold

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.

— David Weber

I believe orders should be obeyed, but sometimes you have to think about the orders you get.

— Ariel Sharon

“Orders…I was familiar with both giving and having them followed. The key was to always issue them to someone who would obey. Not to…

— Ella Frank

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

— Napoleon Hill

Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience.

— Henry Edward Manning

Do too many executives still indulge in the short-sighted habit of issuing orders without taking the slightest pains to explain to those responsible for…

— B. C. Forbes