Stanley A. McChrystal Quotes - Page 3

American - Soldier Born: August 14, 1954

If we are visiting Afghans, typically the Afghan governor, district or provincial governor, we see he doesn't wear body armor, and yet we're walking through his streets. I'm his guest. I think that that's important that I send a message that I trust him and I don't think I am more valuable than I think he is. Stanley A. McChrystal

Trust, I Am, Think, Walking, Body, See

Soldiers fighting a daily battle under frightening conditions can feel their leaders are far removed from their reality. There's no magic cure for this challenge, and soothing words that aren't backed up by action encourage cynicism. Stanley A. McChrystal

Daily, Challenge, Words, Magic, Fighting

When I arrived in the summer of 2009 to command the war in Afghanistan, I entered an effort that was failing. Many Afghans, some ISAF coalition members, and much of the American public had lost confidence in both the trajectory of the war and our ability to correct it. Stanley A. McChrystal

Confidence, War, Effort, American, Lost

A year of service has the power to bring young people together from different races, ethnicities, incomes, faiths, and political backgrounds to work on pressing problems facing U.S. society today. Stanley A. McChrystal

Work, Service, Today, Power, Together

Tensions and violence in cities across America are reminders of how quickly communities can erupt with an absence of social trust. Stanley A. McChrystal

Trust, America, Violence, Absence, How

Public, noncommercial broadcasting is also giving kids social-emotional skills like persistence and self-control that are fundamental to success in school, not to mention in the military, the institution where I spent most of my career. Stanley A. McChrystal

Success, School, Persistence, Giving

In our society, I see public media as a lever. It pushes people by elevating them and their sights. It brings them into more thinking and understanding, and it brings us together. Stanley A. McChrystal

Together, Society, People, Thinking, See

We need a strong civil society where the connection between different people and groups is firm and vibrant, not brittle and divided. Stanley A. McChrystal

Society, People, Strong, Connection

In an organization that is unwilling to change, find the opportunity to talk and interact with people - figure out why they don't want to change. It could be habits. It could be people's personal equities and reputations are defined by the role they're in or the process they've mastered. Stanley A. McChrystal

Change, Opportunity, People, Process

The military does very well taking average people and making them very good leaders. Stanley A. McChrystal

Good, People, Military, Average, Well

The basic DNA we've got to implant in leaders now is adaptability: not to get wedded to the solution to a particular problem, because not only the problem but the solution changes day to day. Creating people who are hardwired for that is going to be our challenge for the future. Stanley A. McChrystal

Future, Challenge, Day, People, Problem

America needs a restart. It has long devoted its energies to solving its many big problems - unequal opportunity, crumbling infrastructure, lagging education, inadequate training in a changing economy, and threats to peace around the world. Stanley A. McChrystal

Education, Opportunity, Peace, Training

We are a nation of innovators and problem-solvers who sparked revolutions in democratic government, civil rights, communications, flight, rural electrification and technology. We are a country defined by ideals now in need of rescue. Stanley A. McChrystal

Technology, Government, Need, Flight

America needs a big idea that plays to its strength. It should look to national service. Stanley A. McChrystal

Strength, Service, America, Look, Big

We should get to the business of providing at least one million opportunities each year for young Americans to spend a service year with peers who are different from them - by race, ethnicity, income, politics and religious belief. Stanley A. McChrystal

Business, Service, Politics, Race, Young

How we present ourselves matters a lot, and that's every American, not just at the senior levels. Stanley A. McChrystal

American, Present, Matters, Senior, Just

If we want to be members of the world community, we need to think that way. Stanley A. McChrystal

Community, Think, World, Need, Want, Way

If every soldier is authorized to make one mistake, then we lose the war. Stanley A. McChrystal

War, Mistake, Lose, Soldier, Then, Make

One of the big takeaways from Iraq was that you have to not lose confidence in what you are doing. We were able to go to the edge of the abyss without losing hope. Stanley A. McChrystal

Confidence, Hope, Losing, Doing, You, Go

We want to make the insurgents come to us. Make them be the aggressors. What I want to do is get on the inside looking out - instead of being on the outside looking in. Stanley A. McChrystal

Looking, Want, Inside, Outside, Us, Out

Throughout history, the organizational evolution of the military has been inextricably linked with that of the business world. Stanley A. McChrystal

Business, History, World, Evolution

Our bureaucracy had excelled at compartmentalizing intelligence - we had a 'need to know' system - but by 2004, it was impossible to foresee what elements of our organization would and would not need to know a given piece of information. Stanley A. McChrystal

Intelligence, Impossible, Organization

Industrial technologies that allowed for increased mechanization in 19th-century armed forces also spurred Frederick Winslow Taylor to develop his 'Scientific Management' doctrine in Philadelphia steel mills. Stanley A. McChrystal

Management, Philadelphia, Steel, Forces

What I really want are students who want to partner with other people, to be part of an organization and to influence people so that they can accomplish things that the organization would not have accomplished otherwise. Stanley A. McChrystal

People, Influence, Organization, Partner

What I'm trying to do is teach people how to actually get individuals in organizations to do the kinds of things to make a difference. It starts with not just studying the mechanics but really understanding how people operate. Stanley A. McChrystal

People, Make A Difference, Understanding

If you talk to a British officer or NCO about the strategic objectives of the end state, you'll often get a spirited discussion that's very well informed. Stanley A. McChrystal

End, You, Talk, Discussion, Get, Well

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