Ability Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“The great commander knows that in order to win one needs to know the remote and also the immediate reasons for the war, the…

— Claudio Magris

“The great commander can certainly move fast and strike like lightning, but his art of war consists first and foremost in moderation, measured geometric…

— Claudio Magris

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong…

— Winston Churchill

“Sometimes a commander’s decisions must be made without regard for how they will be perceived,” Thrawn said. “What matters is that the commander does…

— Timothy Zahn

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance,…

— Anonymous

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

— Winston Churchill

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may…

— William Falconer

One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's…

— Erwin Rommel

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“A general may succeed for some time in persuading his superiors that he is a good commander: he will never”

— Field Marshal Archibald wavell

What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

— Sun Tzu