2,366 Quotes About Military

Diese Haltung zur Opferung von Menschenleben ist seltsam. Militärbefehlshaber überlegen nicht zweimal, wenn sie Soldaten in die Schlacht schicken und dabei genau wissen, dass viele von ihnen sterben werden. [...] Andererseits verbietet es der Offiziersethos, einzelne Soldaten auszuwählen und ihnen zu befehlen, ihr Leben zu opfern [...]. Und doch - und das ist noch paradoxer - werden Soldaten, die eine solche Tat aus eigener Initiative vollbringen, als Helden betrachtet.

The answer is always "No" until you ask. - Ref James 4:2

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Passion for something can easily tip into obsession, which is a dangerous thing, especially when those affected are they very people who so loyally stand and wait. -Henry Worsley

But what I care most about is when the reader is finished with my work they can say, I don't know the particulars, but I know that emotion.

An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.

Work harder; not smarter

War has been the necessary and inevitable consequence of the establishment of a monopoly on security.