Robert E Lee didn't make it the first time and Jefferson Davis took the vacancy. Pershing didn't make it for two years, MacArthur couldn't get in the first year and Eisenhower took an extra year of high school to get in. Patton took three years to get in and five to get out.
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An accent mark, perhaps, instead of a whole western accent -- a point of punctuation rather than a uniform twang. That is how it should be worn: as a quiet point of character reference, an apt phrase of sartorial allusion -- macho, sotto voce.
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At the center of each human heart is goodness, layered over with hurt, confusion, and mistaken ideas. Our task is to gently peel off layer after layer until the unfettered heart can shed its love upon the world.
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For thousands of years, conquering warriors returning home from the wars were honored with a tumultuous parade, the day’s prisoners and captured treasures displayed in carts before him. Sometimes his children, dressed in white, rode in the chariot with him or rode trace horses beside him. Standing behind him was a slave, holding above his head a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning, that all glory is fleeting.
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No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
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Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
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Pacifists would do well to study the Siegfried and Maginot Lines, remembering that these defenses were forced; that Troy fell; that the walls of Hadrian succumbed; that the Great Wall of China was futile; and that, by the same token, the mighty seas which are alleged to defend us can also be circumvented by a resolute and ingenious opponent. In war, the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
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The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.
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There is no such thing as a successful defence.
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The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other poor bastard die for his.
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We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Battle is not a terrifying ordeal to be endured. It is a magnificent experience wherein all the elements that have made man superior to the beasts are present: courage, self-sacrifice, loyalty, help to others, devotion to duty.
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Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
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If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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'A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.”
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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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A man must know his destiny if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.
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A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances
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All glory is fleeting
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You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
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This latest event is so trivial in its intent and so devestating in its effect, it has to be the work of God. An entire world and war and I'm not a part of it? God will not allow this to happen! I am going to be allowed to fullfill my destiny! His will be done.
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Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Abundance is, in large part, an attitude.
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Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
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Don't tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results
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