Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes

Norman Schwarzkopf
American Soldier
Born: Aug 22, 1934
Died: Dec 27, 2012
Great Me People Think War You
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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. Norman Schwarzkopf
Leadership Character You Strategy Must Potent Combination Without
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is. Norman Schwarzkopf
Courage Job True True Courage Doing Going Afraid Being Anyhow Being Afraid Your
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
Battle Hero Men Those Take Takes Goes Order Who
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. Norman Schwarzkopf
Truth You Matter Right Thing Part Know Always Doing The Right Thing Hard Hard Part Right Thing
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 You Negative More Learn Because How Than Far Therefore
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
Fight Sometimes Honor Country Young Duty Field Every Our Saw Background East East Asia Point Learned West West Point Motto Southeast Southeast Asia American Die Middle Young Americans Middle East Race Asia Rice Gallant Meaning Sands Fullest Creed
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
People World Citizen Country Nation Enjoy Heritage Other Our Out Hunting Something Only Part Understand Go Fishing Very America Where Happens Ordinary Ordinary Citizen Much
Generals aren't in the business of commenting on the correctness or incorrectness of the President's decisions. Anybody who thinks he should be able to do that ought to be fired on the spot. Norman Schwarzkopf
Business President Ought Correctness Able Fired Generals He Spot Commenting Anybody Decisions Should Who Thinks
When placed in command, take charge. Norman Schwarzkopf
Leadership Charge Take Command Placed
Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for. Norman Schwarzkopf
Worth Salt Fighting Soldier Still His Antiwar Any Should Things
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
Bible Man Wife Somewhere Too Says Poles Fishing Cannot Convince Many
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 You Back Say Something Facing Had Look Hindsight Go Done Different Help
I can stand in a crystal stream without another human around me and cast all day long, and if I never catch a single fish, I can come home and still feel like I had a wonderful time. It's the being there that's important. Norman Schwarzkopf
Time Day Home Me Wonderful Stream Long Important Single All Day Cast Never Had Catch Feel Come Like Crystal Another Around Without Still Fish Wonderful Time Human Being Stand Being There
Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes with a two by four to get its attention. Norman Schwarzkopf
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The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em. Norman Schwarzkopf
Catching Fishing Fun
War is a profane thing. Norman Schwarzkopf
War Profane Thing
War's a profanity because, let's face it, you've got two opposing sides trying to settle their differences by killing as many of each other as they can. Norman Schwarzkopf
War You Face Opposing Differences Other Settle Sides Because Got Trying Profanity Many Each Two
Fish are a renewable resource, and one of the problems we've had is people feel obliged to catch the limit, then throw 'em in the garbage can. Norman Schwarzkopf
People Problems Garbage Resource One Of The Problems Obliged Throw Had Catch Feel Renewable Limit Fish Then
Nobody can ever pin you down when you speculate. Norman Schwarzkopf
You Down Nobody Pin Ever Speculate
If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed. Norman Schwarzkopf
Country Our Destroy Could Take Had Been Overrun Iraq Done Intention
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers. Norman Schwarzkopf
War People Fathers Soldier Without Understands Mothers Left Families Means Professional
It's nice to feel that you have a purpose. Norman Schwarzkopf
You Nice Purpose Feel
The Patriot missile is a point defence missile. Point defence means that you put the missile at a location to defend a very specific target such as an airfield, a supply dump or a headquarters. Norman Schwarzkopf
You Defence Location Point Put Supply Missile Headquarters Dump Target Very Patriot Means Specific Defend
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
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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. Norman Schwarzkopf
Love Great Me You Respect People Think Else Everything Everything Else Those Out Has-Been Temper Great Love Fact Proportion Like Know Also Well Always Been Blown Unfortunately Worked Regretted Things
I can't even begin to visualize myself as a five-star general... When I think of the people who are five-star generals, I can't even see myself standing in their shadow. Norman Schwarzkopf
Myself People Think Visualize See Shadow General Generals Begin Standing Who Even
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