Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFIf it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.
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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
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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’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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.
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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With a chemical alarm, you’re going to build one that is oversensitive because you would rather the alarm go off and give you a false alarm than to err on the other side
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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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