Richard D. Winters Quotes

Never put yourself in a position where you can take from these men.

If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.

That night, I took time to thank God for seeing me through that day of days and prayed I would make it through D plus 1. And if, somehow, I managed to get home again, I promised God and myself that I would find a quiet piece of land someplace and spend the rest of my life in peace.

“I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day, when he said: ‘Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?’ Grandpa said, “No. But I served in a company of heroes.”[quoting from a letter Mike Ranney wrote to him]

We’re not lost, Private. We’re in Normandy.

We’re paratroopers, Lieutenant. We’re supposed to be surrounded.

Captain Sobel, we salute the rank, not the man.

A good leader has to understand the people that are under him, understand their needs, their desires or how they think a little bit.