As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFLeadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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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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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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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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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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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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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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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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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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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 hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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