Failure Quote by Robert McNamara

Any military commander who is honest will admit he makes mistakes in the application of military power. -Robert McNamara

— Call Of Duty

It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion…

— Alfred Jodl

He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

— Aristotle

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

— Bernard Law Montgomery

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

— Field Marshal Archibald wavell

Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leadership.... I have seen many a good [military unit] underachieve, because someone...thought the commander was…

— William H. McRaven

A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when the person…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Let me be clear, Mr. President, mistakes have been made in Iraq. And this operation has been far from perfect as evidenced by the…

— Elizabeth Dole

A general in time of war is constantly bombarded by reports both true and false; by errors arising from fear or negligence or hastiness;…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“(25) Every proven military incompetent has previously displayed attributes which his superiors rewarded. Almost every”

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon