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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

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
Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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Follow Leadership 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
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss 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
Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
We salute the rank not the man.
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Man Rank Slute Soldier
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
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
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
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
Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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Concentration Men
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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Mirror Moments Night Reflection War Yourself
If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.
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Easy Leadership Tough
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
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

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