Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes And Sayings

Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general. While serving as Commander-in-chief, United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War. He was accepted by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army in 1956. After a number of initial training programs, Schwarzkopf interrupted a stint as an academy teacher, and served in the Vietnam War first as an adviser to the South Vietnamese Army and later as a battalion commander.

The Fun Of Fishing Is Catching 'Em, Not Killing 'Em.

I Do Not Want To Be A Pawn In A Political Campaign.

I Do Hunt, And I Do Fish, And I Don't Apologize To Anybody For Hunting And Fishing.

For The Entire First Part Of My Career, I Prided Myself On Being Unflappable Even In The Most Chaotic Of Circumstances.

As Young West Point Cadets, Our Motto Was 'Duty, Honor, Country.' But It Was In The Field, From The Rice Paddies Of Southeast Asia To The Sands Of The Middle East, That I Learned That Motto's Fullest Meaning. There I Saw Gallant Young Americans Of Every Race, Creed And Background Fight, And Sometimes Die, For 'Duty, Honor, And Their Country.'

Someone Once Asked, 'What Is The Difference Between Me And Saddam Hussein?' The Answer Is, 'I Have A Conscience And He Doesn't.'

True Courage Is Being Afraid, And Going Ahead And Doing Your Job Anyhow, That's What Courage Is.

A Professional Soldier Understands That War Means Killing People, War Means Maiming People, War Means Families Left Without Fathers And Mothers.

As Far As Saddam Hussein Being A Great Military Strategist, He Is Neither A Strategist, Nor Is He Schooled In The Operational Arts, Nor Is He A Tactician, Nor Is He A General, Nor Is He A Soldier. Other Than That, He's A Great Military Man, I Want You To Know That.

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.

Well, Unfortunately, I Have Always Regretted The Fact That I Have A Temper, But I Also Have, You Know, Have Great Love And Respect For All Of The People That Have Worked For Me. I Think Like Everything Else, This Is One Of Those Things That Has Been Blown Out Of Proportion.

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. I'd Like To Think I'm A Caring Human Being.

A Great Deal Of The Capability Of An Army Is Its Dedication To Its Cause And Its Will To Fight. You Can Have The Best Equipment In The World, You Can Have The Largest Numbers In The World, But, If You're Not Dedicated To Your Cause, If You Don't Have The Will To Fight, Then, You Are Not Going To Have A Very Good Army.

All You Have To Do Is Hold Your First Soldier Who Is Dying In Your Arms, And Have That Terribly Futile Feeling That I Can't Do Anything About It... Then You Understand The Horror Of War.

I've Managed To Convince My Wife That Somewhere In The Bible It Says, 'Man Cannot Have Too Many Shotguns And Fishing Poles.'

I Am Living Proof That If You Catch Prostate Cancer Early, It Can Be Reduced To A Temporary Inconvenience, And You Can Go Back To A Normal Life.

I'm Not A Type-b Personality Who Knows I Have A Cancer Growing Inside Of Me And Can Live With The Knowledge. I Go Into A Kung-fu Attack Position When I Go Through The Door Of A Hospital.

This 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.

What People Don't Understand Is This Is Something That We Only Have In America. There Is No Other Country In The World Where The Ordinary Citizen Can Go Out And Enjoy Hunting And Fishing. There's No Other Nation In The World Where That Happens. And It's Very Much A Part Of Our Heritage.

The More You Sweat In Peace, The Less You Bleed In War.

Good Generalship Is The Realisation That You've Got To Figure Out How To Accomplish Your Mission With The Minimum Loss Of Human Life.

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.

I Am Not One Of These Guys Who Is Just Going To Waste American Lives By Throwing People Needlessly In Frontal Attacks Up Against The Enemy If I Can Avoid Doing That.

I Can Stand In A Crystal Stream Without Another Human Around Me And Cast All Day Long, And If I Never Catch A Single Fish, I Can Come Home And Still Feel Like I Had A Wonderful Time. It's The Being There That's Important.

Generals Aren't In The Business Of Commenting On The Correctness Or Incorrectness Of The President's Decisions. Anybody Who Thinks He Should Be Able To Do That Ought To Be Fired On The Spot.

An Awful Lot Has Been Written About My Temper.

I Get Angry At A Principle, Not A Person.

Tanks Being Deployed Far Forward Is An Indication Of Offensive Action; Tanks In Depth Is An Indication Of Defensive Action.

Nobody Can Ever Pin You Down When You Speculate.

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.

Had We Taken All Of Iraq, We Would Have Been Like A Dinosaur In The Tar Pit - We Would Still Be There, And We, Not The United Nations, Would Be Bearing The Costs Of That Occupation.

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.

Had The United States And The United Kingdom Gone On Alone To Capture Baghdad, Under The Provisions Of The Geneva And Hague Conventions We Would Have Been Considered Occupying Powers And Therefore Would Have Been Responsible For All The Costs Of Maintaining Or Restoring Government, Education And Other Services For The People Of Iraq.

Leadership Is A Potent Combination Of Strategy And Character. But If You Must Be Without One, Be Without The Strategy.

Particularly When You're Dealing With Very High Ranking People, You Know, You Have To Get Their Attention, They Are Used To, By Their Rank, Of Having Their Own Way And Doing Their Own Thing And When It's Necessary To All Work Together On Something, Sometimes You Have To Hit The Mule Between The Eyes With A Two By Four To Get Its Attention.

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 Take Advantage Of His Strength.

With A Chemical Alarm, You're Going To Build One That Is Oversensitive Because You Would Rather The Alarm Go Off And Give You A False Alarm Than To Err On The Other Side.

There's No Doubt In My Mind That Whichever Commander Ordered The Blowing Up Of Kamisiyah Did So In Following The Instructions That He Had Received.

I Think Any Student Of Military Strategy Would Tell You That In Order To Attack A Position, You Should Have A Ratio Of Approximately 3 To 1 In Favor Of The Attacker.

I 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.

I'd Like To Think I'm A Caring Human Being.

When Placed In Command, Take Charge.

When The Normandy Invasion Was Planned, A Very Specific Strategic Objective Was Given, And That Strategic Objective Was The Basis Upon Which The Plan For The Normandy Invasion Was Derived.

Unfortunately, If You've Ever Been In Southern Georgia On The Beaches In A Lightning Storm, If You're Out There, You're In Great, Great Danger, And You Can Be Killed Very, Very Quickly.

He Is Neither A Strategist Nor Is He Schooled In The Operational Arts, Nor Is He A Tactician, Nor Is He A General. Other Than That He's A Great Military Man.

It's Nice To Feel That You Have A Purpose.

I Prided Myself On Being Unflappable Even In The Most Chaotic Of Circumstances.

I Can't Even Begin To Visualize Myself As A Five-star General... When I Think Of The People Who Are Five-star Generals, I Can't Even See Myself Standing In Their Shadow.

Any Soldier Worth His Salt Should Be Antiwar. And Still There Are Things Worth Fighting For.

First 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.