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If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.

Major Dick Winters

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Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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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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Remain humble. Don’t worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.
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I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.
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As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Essential Life Teaching
War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.
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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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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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Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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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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We salute the rank not the man.
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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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