True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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If 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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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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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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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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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.
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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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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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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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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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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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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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