Adults Quote by Orson Scott Card

“No army had ever fragmented itself like that before, but ender was not planning to do anything that had been done before, either.”

— Orson Scott Card

“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,…

— Orson Scott Card

When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.

— Duke of Wellington

“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders…

— Sun Tzu

History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test is the…

— Saul David

“We soldiers knew next to nothing about what was going on in the centres of power. We received so many orders and counter-orders that…

— Louis de Bernières

“enrage them and escalate the situation? These weren’t combatants. These were frustrated civilians,”

— Luis Carlos Montalván

“A general does not use the same troops over and over again.”

— John Christopher

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

— Carl von Clausewitz

If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders…

— 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

“The true test for a good brief,” Jocko continued, “is not whether the senior officers are impressed. It’s whether or not the troops that…

— Jocko Willink