A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFChoose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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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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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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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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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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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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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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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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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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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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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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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