Douglas Macarthur on Leadership Quotes

"Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."

"The military code which he perpetuates has come down to us from even before the age of knighthood."

"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."

"Always there is the tomorrow."

"Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die."

"The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare."

"I suppose that in the end, it is the spirit that matters most."

"Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid."

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."

"A general is as good as his troops."

"The history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: too late."

"Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be."

"An organization is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, and fights as a team."

"The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself."

"Command is the projection of personality and the assertion of will."

"Greatness is not a status but an achievement."

"The leader must be everything that he would have his followers be."

"The depth of love of one's country is the measure of the man."

"Management is the development of people, not the direction of things."

"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."

"Greatness is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character."

"Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind."

"The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war."

"A general is just as good or as bad as the troops under his command make him."

"I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."

"I have noticed that the folks who are the most eager to go to war are the ones who are not going to be there."

"There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity."

"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others."

"The objective of all military training is success in battle."

"Victory has no substitute."

"Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars."

"The world is in a state of flux, and it is the duty of the leader to keep pace with the changes."

"In the evening of my memory, I come back to West Point."