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Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.

Major Dick Winters

The only thing I asked for now was to be alive tomorrow morning and to survive another day. That was all that mattered.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Alive Survive Tomorrow War
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.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Cycle Fear Realize Share Soldier War
Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Adversity Give Up Motivational Regard
War brings out the worst and the best in people. Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Greatness People War Worse
The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Character Faith Men Question Trust
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.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Answer Life Philosophy Pride Reason
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Fellow Leadership
If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Easy Leadership Tough
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.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Contribution Exhaust Fatigue Physical War
Develop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Development Example Expectation Goals People Real Teamwork
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.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Company Hero Serve War
We salute the rank not the man.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Man Rank Slute Soldier
The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

School Soldier Want
Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Concentration Men
I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Life Peace Spend
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Depart Footprints Leave Live Men Sane Sublime Time
Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Gymnastic Mental Physical Root Stamina Tough War
War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Battle Romantic Sound War
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Acquire Impossible Man Place
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Calculation Leadership Loss War
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Permanent Problem Solution Suicide
Anticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don’t wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Anticipate Mind Obstacle Problem Wait
If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Essential Life Teaching
Take a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Mirror Moments Night Reflection War Yourself
Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
The key to being a successful combat leader is to earn respect, not because of rank, but because you are a man.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Key Leadership Man Rank Respect Success
It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Easy Oneself Peace Quiet

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