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Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.

Major Dick Winters

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
There is no need to tell someone how to do his job if you have properly trained your team.
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Job Leadership Team Traning
Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
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Gymnastic Mental Physical Root Stamina Tough War
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
It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.
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Easy Oneself Peace Quiet
If you have character, that means the guy you are dealing with can trust you.
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Character Deal Guy Trust
That’s what officers must do – break the cycle of fear. If a soldier is concentrating on his own feelings and on his own fear, and he sees you moving around, he realizes that you’re sharing the burden with him. That’s why he can then move.
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Cycle Fear Realize Share Soldier War
A leader should strive to be an individual of flawless character, technical competence, and moral courage.
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Courage Flawless Leadership Mortal Strive Technical
Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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Concentration Men
I have always prided myself that I do my own thinking. I have my own philosophy. I have my own answer to the reasons things have turned out in my life.
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Answer Life Philosophy Pride Reason
I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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Critical Failure Leadership War
If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.
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Essential Life Teaching
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
One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I’m not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.
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Company Hero Serve War
Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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Follow Leadership Soldier
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
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
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
I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
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Life Peace Spend
I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.
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Guarantee Learn Lesson Life Valuable
Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
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Adversity Give Up Motivational Regard
I would also urge leaders to remain humble. If you don’t worry about who gets the credit, you get a lot more done.
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Credit Done Humble Leadership Urge Worry
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Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
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
The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.
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Character Faith Men Question Trust
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.
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Depression Lack People Rejection Self Esteem Theme

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