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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Character Deal Judgment Men Superior
Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Great Love People Thinking
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Giving Leadership People
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Military Motivational Peace Sports
Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Character Leadership Strategy
I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Absolute Hate War
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Art Men Military
How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Accommodate Care Fight Kill War
When placed in command, take charge.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Charge Command Leadership
Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There’s nothing wrong with fear.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Alive Business Fear War
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Afraid Courage Firefighter Job True
It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

God Job War
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Battle Courage Hero Veterans Day
I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Chaotic Circumstance Pride
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Advice Enemy God Love
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Leadership Want

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