Authority Quote by Esai Morales

“But in the military you don't get trusted positions just because of your ability. You also have to attract the notice of superior officers.…

— Orson Scott Card

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.

— Hugh Shelton

It's pretty simple to play the role of an army officer.

— Dino Morea

Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.

— Chester W. Nimitz

The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns…

— Richard H. Davis

Any officer can get by on his sergeants. To be a sergeant you have to know your stuff. I'd rather be an outstanding sergeant…

— Daniel Daly

Be easy and condescending in your deportment to your officers, but not too familiar, lest you subject yourself to a want of respect, which…

— George Washington

Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more…

— Benjamin Franklin

Some Marine units actually use 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in their training programs.

— Louis Gossett, Jr

... he became an officer and a gentleman, which is an enviable thing;

— Rudyard Kipling

We have the finest officers in the world, but it seems like once they become generals it is a self-licking ice cream cone of…

— Erik Prince

It is by no means enough that an officer should be capable. . . . He should be as well a gentleman of liberal…

— John Paul Jones