A leader is best When people barely know that he exists.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Don't let your constituency capture you.

A prime function of the leader is to keep hope alive.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of blame, a little less than his share of credit.

The reward of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.

We tend to select top men for their character and capacity, then overload them according to their willingness.

Find out where the people want to go, then hustle yourself around in front of them.

In the camps we learned to distinguish between good superiors and bad. The criterion was simple and infallible: one forbids everything that is not specifically permitted, the other permits everything that is not specifically forbidden.