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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.

Major Dick Winters

As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss War
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
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
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.
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Contribution Exhaust Fatigue Physical War
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
Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
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
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
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
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
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
I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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Critical Failure Leadership 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.
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Development Example Expectation Goals People Real Teamwork
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
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.
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Greatness People War Worse
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

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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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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