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Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes

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 Schwarzkopf
Positive, Leadership, Learn
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 Schwarzkopf
Great, Military, Soldier
All you have to do is hold your first soldier who is dying in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that I can't do anything about it... Then you understand the horror of war.
Norman Schwarzkopf
War, Soldier, Feeling
What people don't understand is this is something that we only have in America. There is no other country in the world where the ordinary citizen can go out and enjoy hunting and fishing. There's no other nation in the world where that happens. And it's very much a part of our heritage.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Fishing, Enjoy, Hunting
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.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Men, Hero, Battle
As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'
Norman Schwarzkopf
Motto, Fight, Honor
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
Norman Schwarzkopf
War, Peace, Sweat
You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.'
Norman Schwarzkopf
Today, Help, Hindsight
I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army, and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Caring, Reputation, Proud
This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it.
Norman Schwarzkopf
War, Guys, Truly
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Veterans Day, Men, Hero
A great deal of the capability of an army is its dedication to its cause and its will to fight. You can have the best equipment in the world, you can have the largest numbers in the world, but, if you're not dedicated to your cause, if you don't have the will to fight, then, you are not going to have a very good army.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Best, Good, Great
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Courage, True, Ahead
The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Fun, Fishing, Catching
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
Norman Schwarzkopf
War, France, Hunting
I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Fishing, Fish, Hunting
When placed in command, take charge.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Leadership, Charge, Command
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 Schwarzkopf
Love, Respect, Great
Someone once asked, 'What is the difference between me and Saddam Hussein?' The answer is, 'I have a conscience and he doesn't.'
Norman Schwarzkopf
Difference, Conscience
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.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Life, Cancer, Living
When the Normandy Invasion was planned, a very specific strategic objective was given, and that strategic objective was the basis upon which the plan for the Normandy Invasion was derived.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Plan, Planned, Given
I've managed to convince my wife that somewhere in the Bible it says, 'Man cannot have too many shotguns and fishing poles.'
Norman Schwarzkopf
Fishing, Wife, Bible
Good generalship is the realisation that you've got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Life, Good, Loss
For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Career, Chaotic, Entire
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Truth, Matter
An awful lot has been written about my temper.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Temper, Awful, Written

Biography

Nationality: American
Type: Soldier
Born: August 22, 1934
Died: December 27, 2012

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