Thomas John Barnardo Quotes

Everyone follows the chief. This is a very disciplined army we have.

Learn to obey before you command.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

Roger Goodell is doing his job. He's front office. Whatever he says goes, and I'll leave it at that.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

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

Leadership and power vacuums will be filled.

I knew as an assistant coach it wasn't my place to overstep the head coach.

Everywhere in life, everywhere in the world, there has to be bosses.

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl

I mean loyalty - you know, look, first we serve the people. I've always looked at that. You serve the people first. But having said that, you never forget who's in charge. You never forget who the CEO of a country is when you decide to serve. And so everyone works at the pleasure of the president. And that's what, you know, we have to remember is if he doesn't feel comfortable, he can do something about it.

The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.

My team calls all the shots out of the ring, I call them in the ring.

I am the very model of a modern major general

Through obedience learn to command.

A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.

He's the president. I'm the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.

How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief?

The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.