To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory. Douglas MacArthur More Quotes by Douglas MacArthur More Quotes From Douglas MacArthur Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away Douglas MacArthur confidencegiving-upcheer Are we going to continue to yield personal liberties and community autonomy to the steady inexplicable centralization all political power or restore the Republic to Constitutional direction, regain our personal liberties and reassume the individual state's primary responsibility and authority in the conduct of local affairs? Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions? Douglas MacArthur responsibilityintegritymean Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die. Douglas MacArthur dustdoubtworry "Duty, Honor, Country" - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. Douglas MacArthur rallying-pointwarcountry Preparedness is the key to success and victory. Douglas MacArthur key-to-successvictorykeys A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward. Douglas MacArthur armysoldierthinking The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice. Douglas MacArthur sacrificereligiousmen Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. Douglas MacArthur veterans-daymilitarypeace I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes. Douglas MacArthur life-lessonfirepast Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision. Douglas MacArthur victorywarmean There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative. Douglas MacArthur demandwarmean The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time! Douglas MacArthur get-awaybehindsenemy There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. Douglas MacArthur successmotivationalinspirational Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid; to be proud and unbowed in defeat, and yet humble and gentle in victory; to master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity. Douglas MacArthur stronghumblesports Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die. Douglas MacArthur fitdyingdeath A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. Douglas MacArthur troopsleadershipinspirational I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier? Douglas MacArthur souljourneysoldier Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant funds demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real. Douglas MacArthur realchangemilitary People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil—soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples. We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people. Douglas MacArthur twobloodpeople Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for. Douglas MacArthur fightingknowingmen
