From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFThe more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
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I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.
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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that’s not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to fight them.
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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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