Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

I'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

When placed in command, take charge.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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

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

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

Norman Schwarzkopf

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf