If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it. The U.S. Army still has to learn that. The British understand it. Patton understood it. I always admired Patton. Oh, sure, the stupid bastard was crazy. He was insane. He thought he was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude, but I certainly respected his theories and the techniques he used to get his men out of their foxholes.
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Pushing may be necessary in emergencies or with unmotivated individuals.
King George VI of the United Kingdom: 'How many men have you killed in war, General Patton?' Patton: 'Seven, sir.'. Eisenhower: 'How many did you say, General …
I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.
I'd rather have a German division in front of me, than a French one behind.
People respond to responsibility.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
The more physical the activity, the less the difficulties will be. The more the activity becomes intellectual and turns into motives which exercise a determini…