The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.
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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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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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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It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.
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Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.
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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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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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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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War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.
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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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As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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