Those who have accomplished great things in the world have been, as a rule, bold, aggressive, and self-confident. They dared to step out from the crowd and act in an original way. They were not afraid to be generals.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it's exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally.
People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt.
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
I made all my generals out of mud.
Good generalship is the realisation that you've got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life.
Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
We've had enough of the generals and movie stars. We want to hear about the ordinary people.
The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for him to be a leader without ever being or thinking of being a dictator.