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.
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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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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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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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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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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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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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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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 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 professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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