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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFIt’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?
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
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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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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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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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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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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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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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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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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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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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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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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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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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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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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