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The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.

Major Dick Winters

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
If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.
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Essential Life Teaching
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
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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Critical Failure Leadership War
Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
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Adversity Give Up Motivational Regard
The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.
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School Soldier Want
We salute the rank not the man.
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Man Rank Slute Soldier
It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.
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Easy Oneself Peace Quiet
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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Deprivation Exhaust Experience Hat Leadership Nature Physical Stress
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
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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Permanent Problem Solution Suicide
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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Follow Leadership Soldier
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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Cycle Fear Realize Share Soldier War
I would also urge leaders to remain humble. If you don’t worry about who gets the credit, you get a lot more done.
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Credit Done Humble Leadership Urge Worry

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