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I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.

Major Dick Winters

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
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss 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
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
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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Credit Done Humble Leadership Urge Worry
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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Follow Leadership Soldier
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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Alive Survive Tomorrow War
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
I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
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Life Peace Spend
Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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Concentration Men
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
If you have character, that means the guy you are dealing with can trust you.
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Character Deal Guy Trust
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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Concentration Fire Intensity Leadership Stop
Remain humble. Don’t worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.
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Authority Credit Head Humble Receive Worry
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

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