Top 5 quotes from Army Officers

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Top 5 quotes from Army Officers

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

General Colin Powell

“Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.”

General Norman Schwarzkopf

“There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.”

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur

Live for something rather than die for nothing.

General George S. Patton

“I may not have been the best combat commander, but I always strove to be. My men depended on me to carefully analyze every tactical situation, to maximize the resources that I had at my disposal, to think under pressure, and then to lead them by personal example.”

Major Dick Winters on Military Leadership

Bonus: From the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, from HuffPost:

“I served with a company of heroes.”
When, in the final scene of the series, Richard Winters recounts a letter he received later in life from Mike Ranney.

“I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, ‘Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?’ Grandpa said, ‘No. But I served with a company of heroes.'”

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