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?
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFDo what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
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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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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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When placed in command, take charge.
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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.
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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
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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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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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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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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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