Norman Schwarzkopf

When placed in command, take charge.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I like to say I'm not a hero.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

Choose to win Get mad, then get over it.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

War is a profane thing.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

“Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.”

— Norman Schwarzkopf

It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

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

— Norman Schwarzkopf

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I like to say I'm not a hero. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

Nobody can ever pin you down when you speculate.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I am not one of these guys who is just going to waste American lives by throwing people needlessly in frontal attacks…

— 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…

— 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

This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys,…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

Fish are a renewable resource, and one of the problems we've had is people feel obliged to catch the limit, then throw…

— 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…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

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

— Norman Schwarzkopf

When I fish, I stop thinking about anything else. But truth be told, if you want to declare victories, I can tell…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I can stand in a crystal stream without another human around me and cast all day long, and if I never catch…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

What people don't understand is this is something that we only have in America. There is no other country in the world…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

A great deal of the capability of an army is its dedication to its cause and its will to fight. You can…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I saw Kuwait many times before the war. I remember it as a beautiful place, full of very nice people, and it's…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

“I will confess to you that, you know, one of the statements that’s been attributed to me that I’m sort of proud…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around the waters leading to…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

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

— Norman Schwarzkopf