More from Douglas MacArthur
Whatever your years, there is in every being’s heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The issues are global and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector, oblivious to those of another, is but to court disaster for the whole.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur The nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur 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.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur 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.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
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