leadership Quotes

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

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

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.