A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURFrom the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea – written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo – “There is no substitute for victory!”
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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.
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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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.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away
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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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