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Quotes from No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing — Martin Dempsey

born 1952 United States

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There are people in our lives who may know more about what's good for us than we do.

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing (2020)

To Deanie, who's been there every step of the way.

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing (2020)

Not all of us have a moral compass on our desks, but we need to have one in our hearts. Without it, we won't live a life in which character matters.

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing (2020)

Ranger School is the toughest training offered in the Army- not a place for the faint of heart and only recently open to women. Only a fraction of the soldiers who enter the nine-week course make it out successfully.

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing (2020)

There's no place as beautiful as West Point in the spring, summer and fall and no place as dismal as West Point in January and February. In fact, cadets commonly refer to this time of year at the Academy as "gloom period."

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing (2020)

Like most graduate students, I took my studies far more seriously than I had as an undergraduate. I sometimes think of my undergraduate studies as a survival reality show, but I wanted to do well in graduate school and felt I had the proper attitude and life experience to do so.

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing (2020)

There are certain moments in our lives that are clearly more important than others. They are defining moments, moments that shape us, moments that we rely upon to help us make the big decisions. We should recognize them, remember them, and embrace them for what they provide us. We should welcome moments of surprising clarity.

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing (2020)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Dempsey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.