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A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.

Major Dick Winters

I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
MAJOR DICK WINTERS

Life Peace Spend
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
I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.
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Guarantee Learn Lesson Life Valuable
If you have character, that means the guy you are dealing with can trust you.
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Character Deal Guy Trust
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
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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Permanent Problem Solution Suicide
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
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
Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
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
The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.
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Depression Lack People Rejection Self Esteem Theme
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss War
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
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 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

A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.

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