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Quotes by Soldier
"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."
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"I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind."
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"That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees."
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"Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings."
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"Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story."
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"Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is."
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"As to whether the people who were supposedly to put up the money and did put it up or whether it was Arthur's own money is something which I shall never know."
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"When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes, and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac."
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"Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well."
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"Look well into thyself, there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look."
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"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion."
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"I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do."
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"To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded."
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"Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live."
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"That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not"."
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"Your breakthrough is on the way. Don't be discouraged if things are not working out right now. God is working it all out behind the scenes. It may not come when you want, but trust that it will be right on time, because our God is an on time God."
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"When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you."
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"Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the change, be the difference, or be the inspiration. Shine your light as an example. The world needs more of that."
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"The truth no matter how hard it is to bear, must be accepted and confronted head on because it is real. Businesses and people who accept truth soar."
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"Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?"
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"When I got on the airplane in Indonesia coming to Japan, my intentions was to turn myself in to the military for the simple reason I would like to put my daughters with their mother, one thing. Another thing, I'd like to clear my conscience."
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"It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another."
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"Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well."
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"Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!"
Now,
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