Henry Rollins Quotes

Those who can, must obey.

The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.

Learn to obey before you command.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.

I am more willing to come out when I get my message from my commander.

I was a prefect at school, I never had a tattoo, got a detention or pierced my ears more than once.

I don't think I could be a foot soldier. I don't know if I could take orders too good. I'm a little lazy.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

You have received an order from your Commander in Chief.

One of the things I learned at the Naval Academy and the Marine Corps is we have to make tough decisions.

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

I learned at a very early age, listening to those around my family, that in order to be a commander, you had to walk your post.

I just do what the coach asks.

I grew up in a military family, and there's something about that military-style uniform, all cleaned up, a brutal control effort the military necessarily breeds.

Obedience is the primary object of all sound education.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

As a former cop, I respect and appreciate those who've dedicated their lives to serving others as well as those who appreciate the rule of law and honor it.

There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that.

I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief.

My brother was a captain in the Marine Corps and a very big hero in my life.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.