347 Quotes by Jocko Willink

The fog of war rolled in with its confusion, and chaos and mayhem.

War teaches you...it teaches you about the preciousness and fragility of human life

Who wants to leave the door open to being dominated physically by another human being? Jiu Jitsu gives you the ability to not be dominated by that person, and to me, that's real peace of mind.

It's a lose-lose situation to get in a confrontation on the street. If you can break contact and get away, break contact and get away. That's what you should learn self-defense for.

Prioritize your problems and take care of them one at a time, the highest priority first. Don’t try to do everything at once or you won’t be successful.

When things are going bad there’s going to be some good that comes from it.

A leader must be attentive to details but not obsessed by them.

A leader must be calm, but not robotic. They must be confident, but never cocky. A leader must be brave, but not foolhardy. They must have a competitive spirit, but be a gracious loser.

The leader must pull the different elements within the team together to support one another, with all focused exclusively on how to best accomplish the mission.