Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
MAJOR DICK WINTERSI would also urge leaders to remain humble. If you don’t worry about who gets the credit, you get a lot more done.
More Major Dick Winters Quotes
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A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.
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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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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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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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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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If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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We salute the rank not the man.
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Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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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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I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.
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As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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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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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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The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.
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