14 Quotes by William S. Lind

Another change is that all three levels may show up in a small local theater of operations. A troop unit may have a beat, much as police do – an area where they are responsible for maintaining order and perhaps delivering other vital public services.

In June of 1944, when Field Marshal von Rundstedt, the German commander in France, was told that the Allies were landing in Normandy, he knew exactly what to do. He went out into the garden and pruned his roses. Von Rundstedt knew that in war, early reports, regardless of whether the news is good or bad, are usually misleading. Reacting to them with instant analysis merely makes the problem worse.

Remember, if you don’t get the question right, your answer doesn’t matter.

Education without excellence in techniques means action will not be timely or effective. But techniques without education means tactics will be formulistic, rigid, and predictable to the enemy.

Requiring cats to hunt like dogs will benefit only the mice.