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

— Field Marshal Archibald wavell

“If it was not intended as a veto, then it must have been intended for commanders to interpret as they saw fit, which brings…

— Barbara W. Tuchman

When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment,…

— Sun Tzu

“You are the commanders, your men will look to you and act as you do. Let no officer keep to himself or his brother…

— Steven Pressfield

“When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is INSUBORDINATION.”

— Sun Tzu

Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive.

— Anonymous

“-commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obey them, the more power they have over you.”

— Orsen Card

“Great commanders look for decision points. For it is bursts of energy directed at decisive points that break things wide open. They”

— Ryan Holiday

“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

“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

“It is up to all of us to fight our unrelenting enemies—complacency, overconfidence and conceit.”

— Alan C. Greenberg

“It is easier to fight an army than to fight your conscience.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo