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

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.
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Depart Footprints Leave Live Men Sane Sublime Time
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
We salute the rank not the man.
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Man Rank Slute Soldier
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss 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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Mirror Moments Night Reflection War Yourself
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
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
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
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
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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Permanent Problem Solution Suicide
I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.
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Critical Failure Leadership 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
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
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
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
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

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