leadership
“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.”
“To be a leader of men one must turn one’s back on men.”
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
“You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.”
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.”
“You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.”
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
“They should rule who are able to rule best.”
“If the campaign is in summer the general must show himself greedy for his share of the sun and the heat, and in winter for the cold and the frost. This will help to make him beloved of his followers.”
“There is a shorter way to a nobler goal: the obedience of the will.”
“But if any other course, better and nobler, is advocated by any one, let him, even though he be a private soldier, boldly give us his sentiments.”
“Every one of you is the leader.”
“There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.”
“You can't organize by just speaking.”
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.”
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.”
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
“The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.”
“A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.”
“Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head: how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?”