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 More Quotes by Norman Schwarzkopf More Quotes From Norman Schwarzkopf In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkof was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harboured and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America. His answer..."I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting. Norman Schwarzkopf forgivenessgodjobs Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. Norman Schwarzkopf businessleadershipcharacter 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. Norman Schwarzkopf judgingcharactermen 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 veterans-daycourageinspiring How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them. Norman Schwarzkopf accommodatecarefighting Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character. Norman Schwarzkopf ninety-ninepercentcharacter 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 businessleadershippositive Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. Norman Schwarzkopf huntingfrancewar Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat. Norman Schwarzkopf sweatsecretsweet I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting. Norman Schwarzkopf militaryjobsbelieve You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself. Norman Schwarzkopf successhelpingrelationship Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good. Norman Schwarzkopf wantlooksthinking True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is. Norman Schwarzkopf true-couragefirefighterjobs 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. Norman Schwarzkopf leadergivingpeople 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 of the two by four to get its attention. Norman Schwarzkopf eyetwopeople Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character. Norman Schwarzkopf strategyifscharacter 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 roughdutysometimes Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for. Norman Schwarzkopf veterans-dayfightingsoldier 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 militarymenart The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. Norman Schwarzkopf motivational-sportsmilitarypeace
