As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
MAJOR DICK WINTERSVery few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
More Major Dick Winters Quotes
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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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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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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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I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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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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Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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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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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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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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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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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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Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
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