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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThere is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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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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The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us.
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A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
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Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid; to be proud and unbowed in defeat, and yet humble and gentle in victory.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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