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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

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

Essential Life Teaching
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
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
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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Greatness People War Worse
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.
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Battle Romantic Sound War
The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.
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Character Faith Men Question Trust
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
True satisfaction comes from getting the job done. Ribbons, medals, and accolades, then, are poor substitutes to the ability to look yourself in the mirror every night and know that you did your best.
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Done Medal Mirror Night Poor Satisfaction Subsitute
The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.
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Depression Lack People Rejection Self Esteem Theme
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
If you have character, that means the guy you are dealing with can trust you.
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Character Deal Guy Trust
That’s what officers must do – break the cycle of fear. If a soldier is concentrating on his own feelings and on his own fear, and he sees you moving around, he realizes that you’re sharing the burden with him. That’s why he can then move.
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Cycle Fear Realize Share Soldier War
Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
We all experienced sleep deprivation at times – hat is the nature of stress but a physically exhausted leader routinely makes poor decisions in times of crisis.
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Deprivation Exhaust Experience Hat Leadership Nature Physical Stress
I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.
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Guarantee Learn Lesson Life Valuable

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

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