Discipline Quote by Hamilcar Barca

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

— Douglas MacArthur

The best general is the one who never fights.

— Sun Tzu

A good general chooses his battlefield.

— Tony Slydini

We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.

— Winston Churchill

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

My favorite movie villain? Oh, that's easy. Hannibal Lecter.

— Troy Duffy

Before this war is over, I intend to be a Major General or a corpse.

— Isaac R. Trimble

In any war who pulls their general out? No one.

— Ray Lewis

General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.

— Robert E. Lee

I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

— Thomas Jefferson