From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country.
Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good. - 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
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 t… - Norman Schwarzkopf
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 t…
How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them. - Norman Schwarzkopf
How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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,… - Norman Schwarzkopf
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,…
I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting. - Norman Schwarzkopf
I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. - Norman Schwarzkopf
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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
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.
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is. - Norman Schwarzkopf
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.
Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character. - Norman Schwarzkopf
Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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