Douglas Macarthur on Leadership Quotes

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

"Victory has no substitute."

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

"New conditions require new methods and new men."

"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."

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

"Greatness is not a status but an achievement."

"In war there is no substitute for victory."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation."

"Preparedness is the key to success and victory."

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

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

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

"Always there is the tomorrow."

"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."

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

"History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is low."

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

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

"You are remembered for the rules you break."

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

"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."

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

"A general is as good as his troops."

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

"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."

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