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Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don't recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp. Robert Baden-Powell
Happiness Happy People Few Rich Believe Everyone Recognize Reach Majority Within Few People Poor Reason Grasp Even Comparatively
Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less. Robert E. Lee
You Old Wish Duty All Things Puritan More Never Like Cannot Should Your Less Things
Who is affected more when it's cold? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's hot? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's wet? Poor people. Who is most affected when the economy is bad? Poor people. Poor people are the most fragile. Russel Honore
People Cold Bad More Hot Economy Most Affected Wet Poor Poor People Who Fragile
The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that is another matter - twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent - the sky is the limit. Smedley Butler
Business Sometimes Matter Sky Three Hundred States Per Percent Ten Concern Another Limit Normal Six Eight Sixty Eighteen Cent Twelve Even Twenty United United States Profits
The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important. Tommy Franks
God Faith Mom Family Me Relationship You Country Important Military Tell Up Grew Infrastructure Mom And Dad Dad Belief Growing Growing Up Things
To be a good leader, you have to be a good communicator. As a leader, you have to communicate your intent every chance you get, and if you fail to do that, you will pay the consequences. William H. McRaven
Good You Communicate Will Leader Pay Every Consequences Good Leader Fail Get Intent Communicator Your Every Chance Chance
SEAL training was a great equalizer. Nothing mattered but your will to succeed. Not your color, not your ethnic background, not your education and not your social status. William H. McRaven
Education Great Training Will Nothing Background Status Color Equalizer Mattered Social Succeed Ethnic Ethnic Background Your Seal
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy. William Tecumseh Sherman
War Mercy Symptoms Severe Possible Would Make Till South Tiring Show
When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves. William Westmoreland
Home Soldiers Parades Memorial Built Came Were Celebrations Themselves Vietnam
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will. Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Heart Determination World Strong Impossible Will Power Nothing Nothing Is Impossible Project Earth Arduous Firm Beyond Because Said Due His Any Heaven Move Want Cannot Far Appear Things Set
Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation. Zebulon Pike
Peace Become Nation One Nation Smoke Pipe Bury
A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. Xenophon
Will Long Looking Beauty Horse Splendor He Him Himself None His Tire Thing
Training programs shouldn't be designed to deliver competence; they must be dedicated to producing excellence. Serious organizations don't aspire to be comfortably above average. Brandon Webb
Training Programs Must Above Excellence Deliver Comfortably Average Producing Organizations Aspire Dedicated Serious Designed Competence
Being a Navy SEAL and sniper taught me all about risk management. Take away all the risk variables under your control and reduce it to an acceptable level. The same fundamentals apply in business. Brandon Webb
Me Business Management Control About Variables Risk Risk Management Take Acceptable Reduce Same Taught Being Your Seal Navy Away Level Fundamentals Apply
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. Carl von Clausewitz
Politics War Independent Continuation Different Means Phenomenon
The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes. Carl von Clausewitz
War Political Isolation Considered Object Purposes Never Reaching Goal Means
I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together. Carl von Clausewitz
War Nature Together Simple Thought Looking Other Elsewhere Complex Must More Shall Part Always Subject Begin Than Any Proceed Whole Here
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. Chiang Kai-shek
Strength Prayer Own Meditation More Self He Greater His Source Prays Than Goes
Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion. George C. Marshall
Best Down Frankly Road Without Go Straight Down The Road Evasion Right
We shall meet again before long to march to new triumphs. Giuseppe Garibaldi
Long Before Meet Triumphs Shall New Again March
You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave. Giuseppe Garibaldi
You Women Will Beauty Cowards Too Must Embraces Give Only Bear Cast Daughters Noble Brave Children Land Your Who Away
There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people. Heinz Guderian
People Desperate Only Situations
Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself. Horatio Nelson
Treat Devil Every He Himself Frenchman
There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship. We don't mind somebody saying, 'Go in and do this nasty job.' Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps. James F. Amos
Saying Marine Corps Mind Job Somebody Nation Whatever Mindset Corps Nasty Go Us Flexibility Why Hardship Adaptability Marine
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it. John Newton
Today Day Burden Will Before Yesterday Too Add Easily Carry Only Bear Take Morrow Over Manage Heavy Again Then Us Required Each Each Day Load Appointed
I have sacrificed not only my favorite scheme of life, but the softer affections of the heart, and my prospects of domestic happiness, and I am ready to sacrifice my life also, with cheerfulness, if that forfeiture could restore peace and good will among mankind. John Paul Jones
Happiness Life Good Peace Heart Will My Life Sacrifice Softer Favorite Restore Only Could Scheme Sacrificed Prospects Also Cheerfulness Ready Am Affections Domestic Mankind Among
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