Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFSuccess is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI 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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFGoing to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFTo 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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI get angry at a principle, not a person.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFYou can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFIf 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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFAn awful lot has been written about my temper.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFWhen placed in command, take charge.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFJudge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFHow do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFThe more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFTrue courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFIt doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFWell, 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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