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War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.

Major Dick Winters

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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Done Medal Mirror Night Poor Satisfaction Subsitute
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
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
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
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
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
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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Easy Leadership Tough
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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Development Example Expectation Goals People Real Teamwork
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
War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.
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Battle Romantic Sound War
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
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
I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
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Life Peace Spend
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
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Adversity Give Up Motivational Regard
I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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Critical Failure Leadership War

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