I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI 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.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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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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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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.
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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 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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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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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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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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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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Good generalship is a realization that you’ve got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.
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