General Schwarzkopf Quotes

A quarter-century later, General Norm Schwarzkopf would date the birth of his famous hot temper to those days, when he begged and pleaded on the radio for someone to evacuate his wounded South Vietnamese soldiers, while American helicopters fluttered by without stopping.

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

Discipline is good. General Norm Schwarzkopf (of Operation Desert Storm fame) once said: “Shined shoes save lives.”1 Norm went on to explain that in the heat of battle, the fog of war, under pressure, the undisciplined die. So it is in business.

United States military leader General Norman Schwarzkopf stated, “Leaders need two things—character and strategy. If you can do only one, drop strategy.

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