A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.
Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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.
Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.
Good generalship is the realisation that you've got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life.
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.
In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.