Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFGoing to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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 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 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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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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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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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?
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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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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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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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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 was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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