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No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws. Robert Baden-Powell
God Good Man Unless Laws He His Much Believes
If you make yourself indispensable to your employer, he is not going to part with you in a hurry no matter what it costs him. Robert Baden-Powell
You Yourself Matter Hurry Costs Indispensable He Part Employer Make Him Going Your
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself. Robert Baden-Powell
Game Himself Boy Doing Teaches Play
The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts 'Sign.' Robert Baden-Powell
Success Small Things Natural Signs Sign Detail Detectives Small Never Smallest Most Escape Owe Scouts Them Successful Noticing Things
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. Robert Baden-Powell
Aim Out Carries More He Boy Understands Wholeheartedly Suggestions
Football in itself is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place and 'play the game,' and these are the best of training for any game of life. Robert Baden-Powell
Life Best Good Game Training Temper Morally Physically Unselfishness Football He Developing Also Learns His Itself Any Lad Grand Place Play
In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it. Robert Gould Shaw
Myself Made Some Seem Like Vengeance Instrument Lord May Being Theory Right
It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought. Scipio Africanus
Fool Thought Say Part Should
War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. Smedley Butler
War Reckoned Only Dollars Scope Losses Which Racket International Lives Profits
My great crime in the world is blunder I will get into scrapes without intention or any bad motive. Stand Watie
Great World Crime Will Bad Without Motive Get Any Intention Blunder
By nature, I tended to trust people and was typically open and transparent... But such transparency would go astray when others saw us out of context or when I gave trust to those few who were unworthy of it. Stanley A. McChrystal
Nature Trust People Few Gave Others Saw Astray Those Out Would Open Context Unworthy Go Were Us Transparency Transparent Who
Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression. T. E. Lawrence
Family Man Men Free Holding Valley Clan Would Fact Had Hill Looked His Quickly Owner In Fact Acknowledged Against Land Aggression Who Barren Whoever Each Assert Desert Chose Right
When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself. T. E. Lawrence
God Myself Angry Lie Become Our Sun Shade Prevent Sorrows Globe Content Am Till Pray Forever Want Fiery Swing
In a special operations mission, the concept of speed is simple. Get to your objective as fast as possible. Any delay will expand your area of vulnerability. William H. McRaven
Simple Will Delay Speed Possible Objective Area Mission Concept Operations Vulnerability Expand Get Any Your Special Fast
An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army. William Tecumseh Sherman
Man Change Army Obey Men Every Rules Weakens Collection One-Man Obliged Armed Principle Which
Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities. William Throsby Bridges
Opportunities Our Brought Attention Within Genuine Begin Beginnings Us Even External
It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign. William Westmoreland
War First Country Our On-Screen Television Had Screen Where Full Reign Fought Media Ever
I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for. William Westmoreland
Problem Own My Own Participating Know Being
President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone. William Westmoreland
War Alone President Broaden Brothers Johnson He Leave South North Did Want Wanted Vietnam Vietnam War Vietnamese
Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country. William Westmoreland
Country Television Paralyze Instrument Which
When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation. Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Life Death Hesitation Life And Death Alternatives Without Confronted Choose Two
Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment. Xenophon
Injustice Power Increase Those Punishment He Conceal Well His Commanding Escape Did Same Being Order Esteemed Either Them Might Riches Reason Desire Desired
He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce. Xenophon
Pleasure Eats He Most Least Requires Who Sauce
I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol. Abraham Whipple
Congress Defense Carolina Charleston General Purpose Lincoln South South Carolina Orders Proceed Capitol Received
I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production. Adolf Galland
Time First Design Secret Aircraft Would Only Mention Knew Like Priority Existence Any May Production Even Early Flown Position
Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II. Adolf Galland
War Good World Pilot Nine Airplane Stand World War World War II
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