The Old Testament Heart

“Cool, glib, cerebral , detached guys (an gals) can get by in positions of authority until the pressure is on. When the chips are down, the man with the heart, not the soft heart, not the bleeding heart, but the Old Testament heart of wisdom, the hard heart, comes into his own.”  Adm James Stockdale 

I draw my Stockdale quotes from his great book titled “Thoughts of a Philosophical fighter Pilot”.  I recommend it.