Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFAn awful lot has been written about my temper.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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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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When placed in command, take charge.
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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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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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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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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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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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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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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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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.
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