Top 72 Quotes by Norman Schwarzkopf

About Norman Schwarzkopf

These are some quotes by American author Norman Schwarzkopf Soldier, who lived between August 22, 1934 and December 27, 2012.

Nobody can ever pin you down when you speculate.

Nobody can ever pin you down when you speculate.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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 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.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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 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.

Norman Schwarzkopf

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

Norman Schwarzkopf

I do not want to be a pawn in a political campaign.

I do not want to be a pawn in a political campaign.

Norman Schwarzkopf

I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

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 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.

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.

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.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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.

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.

Norman Schwarzkopf

But I would defy anyone to go back over the years and tell me anyone whose career I've ruined, anyone whom I've driven out of the service, anyone I've fired from a job.

But I would defy anyone to go back over the years and tell me anyone whose career I've ruined, anyone whom I've driven out of the service, anyone I've fired from a job.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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