I get angry at a principle, not a person.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFAny soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended battle lines, as they did in World War I and World War II or, for that matter, as they would have if NATO had faced the Warsaw Pact on the field of battle.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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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 prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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I don’t consider myself dovish and I certainly don’t consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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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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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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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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