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True satisfaction comes from getting the job done. Ribbons, medals, and accolades, then, are poor substitutes to the ability to look yourself in the mirror every night and know that you did your best.

Major Dick Winters

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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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We all experienced sleep deprivation at times – hat is the nature of stress but a physically exhausted leader routinely makes poor decisions in times of crisis.
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Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
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Because I was in such good shape, my fatigue level never reached the point of physical exhaustion that contributes to mental exhaustion and, ultimately, to combat fatigue.
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Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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There is no need to tell someone how to do his job if you have properly trained your team.
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Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.
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As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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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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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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The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.
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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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A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
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The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.
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