As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
MAJOR DICK WINTERSI would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
More Major Dick Winters Quotes
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I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.
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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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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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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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We salute the rank not the man.
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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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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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I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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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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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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A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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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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Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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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.
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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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