“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
"Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders."
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Awareness
"You are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you… I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle."
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership
"An army fearful of its officers is never as good as one that trusts and confides in its leaders."
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Determination
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity