I had become someone they could look to for leadership and direction, who would shield from meddling from above, and would ask no act of them that he wasn't prepared to perform himself. I provided for my men a framework within which they were freed to use their own qualities of courage, resourcefulness and tenacity.


Richmond Chapman, p. 175, the second criteria for an able commander - Killing Rommel (2008)

Steven Pressfield Quotes

I had become someone they could look to for leadership and direction, who would shield from meddling from above, and would ask no act of them that he ...

I had become someone they could look to for leadership and direction, who would shield from meddling from above, and would ask no act of them that he ...

I had become someone they could look to for leadership and direction, who would shield from meddling from above, and would ask no act of them that he ...

I had become someone they could look to for leadership and direction, who would shield from meddling from above, and would ask no act of them that he ...