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If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.

Major Dick Winters

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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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Easy Leadership Tough
The key to being a successful combat leader is to earn respect, not because of rank, but because you are a man.
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Key Leadership Man Rank Respect Success
There is no need to tell someone how to do his job if you have properly trained your team.
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Job Leadership Team Traning
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss War
I 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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Answer Life Philosophy Pride Reason
Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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Follow Leadership Soldier
If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.
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Essential Life Teaching
Anticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don’t wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.
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Anticipate Mind Obstacle Problem Wait
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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Company Hero Serve War
If you have character, that means the guy you are dealing with can trust you.
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Character Deal Guy Trust
I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.
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Guarantee Learn Lesson Life Valuable
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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Permanent Problem Solution Suicide
I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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Critical Failure Leadership War
The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.
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School Soldier Want
A leader should strive to be an individual of flawless character, technical competence, and moral courage.
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Courage Flawless Leadership Mortal Strive Technical
We salute the rank not the man.
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