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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURBeware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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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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It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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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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He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
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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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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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