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Sometimes when someone treats a person with respect that person automatically becomes deserving of it.
failures weren’t caused by laziness—I had worked at one job steadily, sometimes holding two or three part-time jobs at the same time. They were caused when my misplaced pride got in the way.
me. I was too immature at the time to understand the pride that people of my culture take when a member of their family chooses to serve our country. Later, I heard the story of Sara Castro Vara of San Antonio, Texas, who had six sons. All six of her sons served in World War II. When she was approached with sympathy because of this, she said, “If I had a seventh son, I would have been proud to send him too to fight for his country.”
this: There are only two types of warriors in this world. Those that serve tyrants and those that serve free men. I have chosen to serve free men, and if we as warriors serve free men, we must love freedom more than we love our own lives. It is a simple philosophy but one that has served me well in life.”
