01UndatedIn 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 / quote ↗
02UndatedLeadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.Norman Schwarzkopf / quote ↗
04UndatedGoing to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.Norman Schwarzkopf / quote ↗
05UndatedThis 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 / quote ↗
06UndatedI saw Kuwait many times before the war. I remember it as a beautiful place, full of very nice people, and it's a tragedy to see that somebody could set out to deliberately destroy a country the way the Iraqis have.Norman Schwarzkopf / quote ↗
07UndatedFirst 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 / quote ↗
08UndatedTo 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 / quote ↗
09UndatedYou 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 / quote ↗
11UndatedI've got to tell you what, the soldier doesn't fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That's not what military leadership is all about.Norman Schwarzkopf / quote ↗
12UndatedThe truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.Norman Schwarzkopf / quote ↗
13UndatedTrue courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.Norman Schwarzkopf / quote ↗
15UndatedIt 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 / quote ↗
