Observation of two generals

The world renowned French general and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte (1769- 1821) has a very excellent saying in which he has described ,in interesting style, the importance of bravery on the part of leader or commander He said “If the army of sheep is led by tiger even the sheep would fight like tigers ,however,

on the other hand if the army, composed of tigers,is commanded by a sheep then the tigers would become sheepish too What Napoleon has stated in early 19 century had already been said 150 years well before him by the great Pashto poet Khushal khan  khattak,(1613 – 1689) also a well experienced field  general  as well a thinker per excellence, in his simple but beautiful  verses He says – ( rough  translation here)If someone is too much  careful of his head(life) or of his wealth then such person can neither become Khan (leader or commander)nor king (ruler ) If he (leader)is not brave by himself his army can never exhibit or  perform  bravery The great Khushal Khattak has pointed out in those verses the intrinsically of bravery for a leader connoting  that coward can never be a (true) leader And that to be brave is the basic sine qua non of a true leader. Anwar Jalal

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