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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.

Major Dick Winters

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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
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
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
There is no need to tell someone how to do his job if you have properly trained your team.
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Job Leadership Team Traning
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
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
As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.
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Calculation Leadership Loss 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
Find your personal peace and solitude in a turbulent world.
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Finding Peace Personal Solitude World
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
We salute the rank not the man.
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Man Rank Slute Soldier
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
Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
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Gymnastic Mental Physical Root Stamina Tough War
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
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
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Adversity Give Up Motivational Regard

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