Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFYou can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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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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Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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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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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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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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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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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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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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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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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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