- Unknown
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
- Napoleon Hill
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Nelson Mandela
If
I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard
as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I
would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure
to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor
saying, Here comes number seventy-one!
- Richard M. Devos
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
- Norwegian proverb
Note: Two other qualities made Washington a great leader. First, Washington was courageous,
and he fought on the front lines along side his soldiers. In his first
major battle, Washington had watched the commanding general - General
Braddock - do the same thing, and Washington likely copied this
behavior.
Washington also learned early in his military career that treating the common soldier and local townspeople with respect and dignity was key to success, for he saw that generals who treated them with disdain lost their much-needed support. For example, soldiers treated without respect often deserted. And townspeople treated with arrogance and disdain often failed to provide the provisions they had promised.
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