Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

Only the paranoid survive.

Fear is a good thing. Fear is going to lead you to take action.

Fear and hatred can be the things that drive you. I don't always think of fear as a bad thing, it gives you fight-or-flight.

Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.

You show you care, you die.You show you fear, you die.You show nothing, maybe you live.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

Only the paranoid survive.

If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.

Nations like individuals, when driven to choose between desperate courses, might at times be compelled to take the chance of destruction, often destroying themselves or suffering irreparable harm.

In Afghanistan, getting shot at was a regular occurrence. I viewed survival as a numbers game. As point man, every time I entered a Taliban compound first, I played the odds in my head.

Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.

Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

Fear will keep you alive; indifference won't.

Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.

[F]ear is a great ally.

I thought, better to get out while I'm still alive.

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead.

I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.