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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.

Major Dick Winters

Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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Concentration Men
It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.
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Easy Oneself Peace Quiet
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss War
Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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Follow Leadership Soldier
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
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
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
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
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
Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
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Adversity Give Up Motivational Regard
Take a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.
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Mirror Moments Night Reflection War Yourself
Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
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 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
I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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Critical Failure Leadership War
Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
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Gymnastic Mental Physical Root Stamina Tough War

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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