George S. Patton on leadership

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

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Henry Kissinger1923–2023

Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling people you are one, you aren’t.

Margaret Thatcher1925–2013

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

Colin Powell1937–2021