Bernard Law Montgomery Men Quotations

Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.

Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.