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It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.

Major Dick Winters

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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Key Leadership Man Rank Respect Success
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
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 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
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
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.
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Anticipate Mind Obstacle Problem Wait
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
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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Depart Footprints Leave Live Men Sane Sublime Time
Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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Concentration Men
Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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Follow Leadership Soldier
Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
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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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.
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Cycle Fear Realize Share Soldier War
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss War
Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Adversity Give Up Motivational Regard
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

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