It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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It’s the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody’s got to do it. And if you don’t, who will?
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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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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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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 have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.
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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There’s nothing wrong with fear.
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To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak – you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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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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