George S. Patton on risk

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.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I…I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost1874–1963The Road Not Taken (1915), Mountain Interval (1916, 1920), The Road Not Taken, st. 4In context

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969

• Leadership

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein1879–1955