The Best Norman Schwarzkopf quotes

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

The fun of fishing is catching ’em, not killing ’em. — 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

War’s a profanity because, let’s face it, you’ve got two opposing sides trying to settle their differences by killing as many of each other as they can. — Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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

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

I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I’m very proud of that. But I’ve always felt that I was more than one–dimensional. — 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

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

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

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

I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances. — 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

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

The Patriot missile is a point defence missile. Point defence means that you put the missile at a location to defend a very specific target such as an airfield, a supply dump or a headquarters. — Norman Schwarzkopf