To master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURBy profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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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.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
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By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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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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Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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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.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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Americans never quit.
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