Sam Manekshaw: Man

Sam Manekshaw was First Field marshal of the Indian Army. Explore interesting quotes on man.

Sam Manekshaw: 30 quotes 0 likes

“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.”

Sam Manekshaw

[PREMJI, A Nomad Repaints the Globe, http://books.google.com/books?id=BatAAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA70, PartridgeIndia, 978-1-4828-1337-1, 70–]

Lying

“A ‘Yes man’ is a dangerous man. He is a menace. He will go very far. He can become a minister, a secretary or a Field Marshall but he can never become a leader nor, ever be respected. He will be used by his superiors, disliked by his colleagues and despised by his subordinates. So discard the ‘Yes man’.”

Sam Manekshaw

His lecture on leadership quoted in "Field Marshal KM Kariappa Memorial Lectures, 1995-2000", page=28

“Give me a man or a woman with common sense and who is not an idiot and I assure you can make a leader out of him or her.”

Sam Manekshaw

During a lecture on leadership quoted in [Field Marshal KM Kariappa Memorial Lectures, 1995-2000, http://books.google.com/books?id=Eux31FCNj8MC&pg=PA21, 2001, Lancer Publishers, 978-81-7062-119-5, 21–]

Sense