Action Quote by Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“Developing a commanding presence is essential for leadership and a powerful impact.”

— Susan C. Young

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance..

— Eric Shinseki

The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On…

— John McAllister Schofield

Leaders must display their humanness. Those under their authority must be empowered & have the courage to engage in honest dialogue.

— Patrick Lencioni

Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack…

— Sun Tzu

“There are times in every commander's life when he must yield the stick of authority to a subordinate. Sometimes the reason is one of…

— Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn

Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.

— Pliny the Elder

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“anyone in command feigns ease when death is near. We do it for those around us, and we do it for ourselves. We do…

— Scott Lynch

Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives a confidence…

— Owen Feltham

“Unquestioning obedience is hailed as a great virtue only by those leaders whose commands are highly questionable.”

— George Hammond

“...[T]he sublimity and intrinsic dignity of the command in duty are so much the more evident, the less the subjective impulses favor it and…

— Immanuel Kant