Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURNo physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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No army has ever done so much with so little.
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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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By profession I am a soldier and take great 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. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.
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I came through and I shall return.
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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.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
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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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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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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.
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I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
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