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 MACARTHURPeople of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil-soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
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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.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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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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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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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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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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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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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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There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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