“[Zemurray combined] the ability to think abstractly and to translate ideas into action.”— Edward Bernays, amazon.com
“There is not a simple instance in 600 years of Spartan warfare of a Spartan king surviving the defeat of his men on the field of battle.”— Victor Davis Hanson, amazon.com
“Shackleton finding shelter for his men on the final trek. They instantly fall asleep. He sits for 5 minutes knowing that to sleep would be final—a death freeze. Wakes the men up, tells them they had 30 minutes rest, keeps it moving.”— Alfred Lansing, amazon.com
“I used to say to them [the soldiers]: 'Go boldly in among the English' and then I' used to go in boldly myself.”— Joan of Arc, amazon.com
“Sometimes, boys, you have to lose with a winning hand so that later you can win with a losing hand.”— General Manuel Bonilla, amazon.com
“From a distance, everything looks easier. But once you move into a new market, you're no longer at a distance.”— Paul B. Carroll, amazon.com
“When you strike a blow, do not keep your mind on where you hit, after strike, bring your mind back to observe your adversary's condition. Lest you get hit with the adversary's 'second sword.'”— Sun Tzu, amazon.com
“By addressing every lieutenant as general and every common soldier as colonel, I managed to overcome all obstacles.”— Heinrich Schliemann, amazon.com
“Power is based on perception. If you think you got it, you got it, even if you don't got it.”— Herb Cohen, amazon.com
“We learn the art of killing far easier than we do a hard problem in arithmetic.”— H.C. Matrau, amazon.com
“Soldiers! We have forced marches to make, battles to fight, dangers to encounter; but, with firmness victory will be ours. The rights, the honour, and the happiness of the country will be recovered! To every Frenchman who has a heart, the moment is now arrived to conquer or to die.”— Napoleon, amazon.com
“The Hellenes are in habit of starting wars without the slightest forethought, out of obstinacy and stupidity. For whenever they declare war on one another, they seek out the finest and most level land and go there to fight, so that the victors depart the battlefield only after much damage has been d…”— General Mardonius, amazon.com
“...Deepening his grasp of the truths that the way to success is strategically along the line of least expectation, and tactically along the line of least resistance, and that the general can best achieve the coincidence of the two by taking a line which provides a duality of objective...”— William T Sherman, amazon.com
“Never give reasons for what you think until you must. Maybe after a while, a better reason will pop into your head.”— William T Sherman, amazon.com
“Giving up control by waiting to get picked, while giving in to the resistance and refusing to understand how their industry works.”— Seth Godin, amazon.com