Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, September 12, 2014 – Norman Schwarzkopf
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, September 12, 2014 – Norman Schwarzkopf
“Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.”
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“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.”
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“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”
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“When placed in command – take charge.”
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“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.”
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Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust God, and do”
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“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”
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“A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers. All you have to do is hold your first dying soldier in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that his life is flowing out and you can’t do anything about it. Then you understand the horror of war. Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.”
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“As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist: He is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man.”
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“True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job.”
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“I believe that forgiving them is God’s function. Our job is to arrange the meeting.”‘
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“Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines of the United States Central Command, this morning at 0300, we launched Operation DESERT STORM, an offensive campaign that will enforce the United Nation’s resolutions that Iraq must cease its rape and pillage of its weaker neighbor and withdraw its forces from Kuwait. My confidence in you is total. Our cause is just! Now you must be the thunder and lightning of Desert Storm. May God be with you, your loved ones at home, and our Country.” General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA Commander-in-Chief U.S. Central Command, in a message to the command, 16 January 1991
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