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My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

Bernard Law Montgomery

Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy.
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Enemy Mystify Profession
Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.
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Fighting Men Unwounded War
The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.
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Fighting Gunner Military War
Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.
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Battle Fighting Picture Soldier
As God once said, and I think rightly.
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God Rightly Said Thinking
The first duty of a leader is optimism. How does your subordinate feel after meeting with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.
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Firsts Leader Meeting Optimism
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.
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Air Aviation Quickly War
Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
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Chief Decision Good Quality
I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.
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Beaten Better Myself Wells
A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors.
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Hardship Knights Marine Military
Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset – its flexibility.
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Air Flexibility Pieces Splits
On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. To us is given the honour of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history; and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride of our doings.
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Allied Eve Lying Men Pride Send
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.
BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY

Character Leadership Motivation