Commanders Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor practices them,…

— Sun Tzu

The leader must know, most know that he knows, and must be able to make it abundantly clear to those about him that he…

— Clarence B Randall

When a person supposes that he knows, and does not know; this appears to be the great source of all the errors of the…

— Plato

There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.

— Arthur Guiterman

A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know…

— Jean de la Bruyere

He however knows when the enemy is stronger.

— Paulo Coelho

“Intelligence is a game of imperfect information. We can guess our opponent's moves, but we can't be sure until the game is over.”

— Khalid Muhammad

The man who thinks he knows does not yet know what knowing is

— Michel de Montaigne

Intelligence cannot be present without understanding. No computer has any awareness of what it does.

— Roger Penrose

A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.

— Oliver North