(25 quotes found)
“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.”
“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”
“To be a great leader... remember, when placed in command TAKE CHARGE!”
Contributed by: Dave Cohen
General 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.”
“Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.”
“When placed in command / take charge.”
“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.”
“Neither Powell nor I wanted a ground war,”
“I could guess what was going on,”