Quotes about Command

“ The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand. “

-Sun Tzu-

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

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

If the general is unable to control his impatience and sends his troops to the assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third of his men are slain, while the town still remains untaken, he is a bad general.

Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and discipline... Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence on t