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Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.

It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.

Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em.

The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.

Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.

Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: I do not want to be a pawn in a political campaign.

I do not want to be a pawn in a political campaign.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Someone once asked, 'What is the difference between me and Saddam Hussein?' The answer is, 'I have a conscience and he doesn't.'

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 quotes: For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.

For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action.

Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Choose to winGet mad, then get over it.

Choose to win
Get mad, then get over it.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: I've managed to convince my wife that somewhere in the Bible it says, 'Man cannot have too many shotguns and fishing poles.'

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 quotes: Carpet bombing tends to portray something that's totally indiscriminate, you know, en masse without regard to the target.

Carpet bombing tends to portray something that's totally indiscriminate, you know, en masse without regard to the target.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: They say the good Lord doesn't charge you for the days you hunt and fish, and I believe that.

They say the good Lord doesn't charge you for the days you hunt and fish, and I believe that.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.

I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting.

I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: It'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?

It'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?

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: 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.

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.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: When placed in command, take charge.

When placed in command, take charge.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind.

What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.

If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: I like to say I'm not a hero.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Nobody can ever pin you down when you speculate.

Nobody can ever pin you down when you speculate.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: If we invade Iraq and the regime is very close to falling, I'm very, very concerned that the Iraqis will, in fact, use weapons of mass destruction.

If we invade Iraq and the regime is very close to falling, I'm very, very concerned that the Iraqis will, in fact, use weapons of mass destruction.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Moving into an unoccupied village when there's no opposition, I don't call that a military victory.

Moving into an unoccupied village when there's no opposition, I don't call that a military victory.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: I get angry at a principle, not a person.

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: An awful lot has been written about my temper.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: There's no doubt in my mind that whichever commander ordered the blowing up of Kamisiyah did so in following the instructions that he had received.

There's no doubt in my mind that whichever commander ordered the blowing up of Kamisiyah did so in following the instructions that he had received.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: 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.

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 quotes: War is a profane thing.

War is a profane thing.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: Good generalship is the realisation that you've got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life.

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 quotes: I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be.

I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.

How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.

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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.

Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.

Norman Schwarzkopf quotes: 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.

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.