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I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea. Joshua Chamberlain

Man Leader Could Never Idea Partisan

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself. Marcus Aurelius

Yourself People First Practice Design Significant Would Would-Be Constant See More Look Make Method Often Custom Your Actions

Where a man can live, he can also live well. Marcus Aurelius

Man Live He Also Well Where

You play like you practice and practice how you play. Marcus Luttrell

You Practice Like How Play

The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber. Michael Mullen

Single Think Out Threat Existential Biggest Cyber

Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes with a two by four to get its attention. Norman Schwarzkopf

Work You Together Eyes People Sometimes Own Way Rank Ranking High Something Having Attention Between Know Particularly Dealing Doing Very Hit Get Work Together Used Mule Thing Four Necessary Two

The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em. Norman Schwarzkopf

Catching Fishing Fun

War is a profane thing. Norman Schwarzkopf

War Profane Thing

A few honest men are better than numbers. Oliver Cromwell

Veterans Day Better Men Few Than Honest Numbers Honest Men

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted. Oliver Cromwell

God Our Everything Shaking He Himself Histories Planted Showing

We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals. Oliver North

War Government Democracy Business Rights People World Goals Own Realistic Human Rights Respects Since Protects WWII Nation-Building Been West Goal Friend Very Afghanistan Human Representative Necessary World War World War I

Erudition - that is, reading, writing, and arithmetic - is taught in the schools; but where is the more important quality, character, taught? Nowhere in particular. There is no authorized training for children in character. Robert Baden-Powell

Character Quality Writing Training Important Reading More Arithmetic Particular Schools Erudition Authorized Taught Where Children Nowhere

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. Robert Baden-Powell

Character Training Responsibility Individual Step Put

The knowledge that we have brother scouts working in the same uniform, to the same ends, in the same way, in all corners of the Empire, cannot but make scouts proud of their brotherhood, and cannot fail to bring them into closer sympathy. Robert Baden-Powell

Knowledge Sympathy Corners Way Brother Brotherhood Fail Empire Make Proud Scouts Same Closer Ends Cannot Them Uniform Working Bring

Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right. Robert E. Lee

You Every Say Take Occasion Just Mean Granted Right

You can get knocked down, and it hurts and it leaves scars. But if you're a leader, the people you've counted on will help you up. And if you're a leader, the people who count on you need you on your feet. Stanley A. McChrystal

You People Will Hurts Leader Down Scars Count Counted Knocked Feet Leaves Up Get Your Help Who Need

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought. T. E. Lawrence

Words Thought Indeed Seemed Inexpressible Desert Creed

We lived many lives in those whirling campaigns, never sparing ourselves; yet when we achieved, and the new world dawned, the old men came out again and took our victory to re-make in the likeness of the former world they knew. T. E. Lawrence

World Old Victory Men Took Our Those Ourselves Out Never Dawned Knew New Likeness Came Campaigns New World Achieved Again Former Sparing Old Men Many Lived Lives

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself. T. E. Lawrence

Truth Myself People Will Few Whatever Say Tell About Point Results Absurdly Am Been Few People Quite Artistic Ordinary Who

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. Thomas Francis Meagher

Alone Government Good Great People Strong Build Nation Indeed Strong People Great Nation Redress Up May Injured Good Government

We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people. This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. William H. McRaven

News Democracy People Enemy Challenge Sentiment Statement Must Threat Lifetime Greatest Greatest Threat American May News Media American People Media

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon. The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them. William Tecumseh Sherman

Tired Words Better Will Argument Oppose Other Insane Classes Soon Between Armed Come Contest Shell Howling Labor Stop Cannon Mean Them Capital Shot Lower Strata Each

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. William Tecumseh Sherman

Battle Field Military Think Name Misspelled Understand Fame Newspapers Your

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir. William Tecumseh Sherman

You Army Eat Supplied Up Sir Your Mules Keep

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