James Stockdale
James Stockdale
James Bond Stockdalewas an American and United States Navy vice admiral. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War where he was a prisoner of war for over seven years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth23 December 1923
CountryUnited States of America
character thinking issues
I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.
hero disaster
It is in disaster, not success, that the heros and the bums really get sorted out.
giving leader gains
Great leaders gain authority by giving it away.
education ideas curiosity
A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.
mean commitment followers
Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers.
success achievement challenges
The challenge of education is not to prepare a person for success, but to prepare him for failure.
dog mean dying
Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one's there to see you do it.