Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
MAJOR DICK WINTERSI have always prided myself that I do my own thinking. I have my own philosophy. I have my own answer to the reasons things have turned out in my life.
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Because I was in such good shape, my fatigue level never reached the point of physical exhaustion that contributes to mental exhaustion and, ultimately, to combat fatigue.
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There is no need to tell someone how to do his job if you have properly trained your team.
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One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I’m not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.
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War brings out the worst and the best in people. Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men.
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I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
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Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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If you have character, that means the guy you are dealing with can trust you.
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If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.
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It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.
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The only thing I asked for now was to be alive tomorrow morning and to survive another day. That was all that mattered.
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Remain humble. Don’t worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.
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I would also urge leaders to remain humble. If you don’t worry about who gets the credit, you get a lot more done.
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As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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The intensity of a fire, or a heavy concentration, to be a leader, you have to be able to concentrate on that fire and move just as soon as it stops or the last round hits.
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I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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