“The spectator and historian of his exploits has observed that amidst the perils of war he was daring without rashness, that in the deepest distress he was animated by real or apparent hope, but that he was modest and humble in the most prosperous fortune.”— Edward Gibbon, amazon.com
“The key to a 3-peat is change. You can't 'repeat' the formula. Your opponent has already figured it out. You have to keep growing. Continue into the unknown.”— Phil Jackson, amazon.com
“Napoleon understood that fear was power and that making the enemy fear you was half the battle. Everything he did—from artillery to movement—was designed to heighten his army's power by intimidating the enemy.”— Paul Johnson, amazon.com
“When you go out looking for a lion, be quite sure that you want to see him.”— Jim Corbett, amazon.com
“Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to the point—and couch your desires in such natural logic that no one can raise objections. Then move on.”— Xenophon, amazon.com
“The suffering of the leader is lightened by his glory. As much as possible, you must let others share in your glory so they don't lost heart.”— Xenophon, amazon.com
“My early declared purpose and continued hope was to feed upon this enemy and teach them the blessings of peace by making them feel in its most tangible form the evils of war.”— Jefferson Davis, amazon.com
“Can we draw still stronger and more definite deductions from history? Yes. With the exception of Alexander, the consistently successful commanders of history, when faced by an enemy in a position strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever attacked it directly... Further, history shows that rat…”— BH Liddell Hart, amazon.com
“Walking mortar fire in. Dropping shells in the enemy rear but moving close steadily. Forcing the enemy to abandon cover and move closer to you, exposed and vulnerable.”— Robert Leckie, amazon.com
“He who pays the piper calls the tine, and strategy be better paid in kind if they attuned their strategy, so far as is rightly possible, to popular ear.”— BH Liddell Hart, amazon.com
“As so often in history, a direct doubling of strength meant not a doubling but a halving of the effect—through simplifying the enemy's 'lines of expectation.'”— B.H. Liddell Hart, amazon.com
“This 'brilliant' success is in reality a case where strategy not merely paved the way for a victory in battle but executed it—where indeed, the victory was merely the last act of the strategy approach.”— B.H. Liddell Hart, amazon.com
“Leading from the front...but empowering your subordinates... Trust your men on the ground.”— Rich Cohen, amazon.com