War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURBelieve me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber.
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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
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Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
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The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his amke gave when he created in his own image.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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Americans never quit.
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