The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.
MAJOR DICK WINTERSDevelop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.
More Major Dick Winters Quotes
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If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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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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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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If you have character, that means the guy you are dealing with can trust you.
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Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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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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Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
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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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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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As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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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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It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.
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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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War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.
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