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

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

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

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

Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat. — Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Choose to win
Get mad, then get over it. — Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When placed in command, take charge. — Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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

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

Nobody can ever pin you down when you speculate. — Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

War is a profane thing. — Norman Schwarzkopf

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war. — Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Norman Schwarzkopf