Ability Quote by Larry Niven

The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds.

— Arleigh Burke

Diffidence in an officer is a good mark because he will always endeavor to bring himself up to what he conceives to be the…

— George Washington

I know there are officers who do good. There are a whole lot.

— Brandon Marshall

Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.

— William Penn

In real war an officer may have only one chance at succeeding. Consider each problem.

— David Gemmell

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

— Charles de Gaulle

Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can,

— Anonymous

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

— John Paul Jones

I've always believed that no officer's life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in…

— Chesty Puller

“The role of the officer, in my experience, is nothing grander than to stand sentinel over himself and his men, towards the end of…

— Steven Pressfield

Some officers do so much to try and get at you.

— Da Brat

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

— Bernard Law Montgomery