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Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.

Major Dick Winters

The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Character Faith Men Question Trust
Remain humble. Don’t worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.
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Authority Credit Head Humble Receive Worry
If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.
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Easy Leadership Tough
The only thing I asked for now was to be alive tomorrow morning and to survive another day. That was all that mattered.
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Alive Survive Tomorrow War
I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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Critical Failure Leadership War
The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.
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School Soldier Want
War exposes the best and worst of those who are called to fight. I know of no man who lacked character in peace and then discovered his character in combat.
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Character Discover Fight Lack Peace War
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
The intensity of a fire, or a heavy concentration, to be a leader, you have to be able to concentrate on that fire and move just as soon as it stops or the last round hits.
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Concentration Fire Intensity Leadership Stop
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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Permanent Problem Solution Suicide
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss War
Take a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.
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Mirror Moments Night Reflection War Yourself
The key to being a successful combat leader is to earn respect, not because of rank, but because you are a man.
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Key Leadership Man Rank Respect Success
Develop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.
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Development Example Expectation Goals People Real Teamwork
I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
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Life Peace Spend

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