“Leadership is simple, but not easy.”

Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.

The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.

Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.

There is no growth in the comfort zone.

There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.

The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.

Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.

But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.

For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.

And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.

The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.

Remember: the enemy gets a vote.

Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.

The leader must own everything in his or her world.

Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.

A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.

It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.

Nowhere else than upon the sea do the days, weeks, and months fall away quicker into the past. They seem to be left astern as easily as the light air-bubbles in the swirls of the ship’s wake.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.

This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.

For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.

It is one of the enjoyments of retirement that you are able to drift through the day at your own pace, easy in the knowledge that you have put hard work and achievement behind you.