Accomplish Quote by Norman Schwarzkopf

Good generalship is the realisation that you've got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings.

— Zhuge Liang

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

— Sun Tzu

We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

War is too serious to be entrusted to generals

— Georges Clemenceau

There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body.…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of…

— Robert E. Lee

The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on…

— Leo Tolstoy

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

— Douglas MacArthur

A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy.

— Carl von Clausewitz

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

— Napoleon Bonaparte