Leadership Quotes

"It is a matter of discipline"

"One must demand that a king be dignified."

"Each man must find his own path; the Buddha can only show the way"

"I am concerned with matters of consequence"

"Orders that can't be obeyed are not orders"

"A man who has failed in his duty"

"Punctuality is the politeness of kings"

"Show others what is possible through your example."

"Think you the master feels himself exalted by the service of his servants?"

"Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Sanity means tying it to your own actions."

"How can you govern others, you who have not yet learned to govern yourself?"

"Authority without wisdom is tyranny."

"If I were to command a general to fly from one flower to another like a butterfly, or to write a tragedy, and he did not obey, whose fault would it be?"

"A king without subjects is not a king."

"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy."

"Discipline is the foundation of victory."

"The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim."

"Thus one may know that the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be rich or poor."

"Treat your men as you would treat your own beloved sons."

"The principle on which to manage an army is the same as that on which to manage a few men: divide their numbers."

"The greatest honor to a man is in service to his fellow man."

"Confusion and perplexity in the midst of the army breed a desolate victory."

"The general who wins a hundred times in a hundred battles is not the most skillful. He that conquers the enemy without fighting is supreme."

"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy."

"Disorder inevitably results from mismanagement."

"One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or not at all."

"Those who are skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without any fighting."

"In war, the general must depend on his ability to manage both the physical and psychological conditions of his army."

"Reward your soldiers generously and care for them; they will follow you unto death."

"The mind of the wise man is his kingdom."