By profession, I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder -- infinitely prouder -- to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. While the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battlefield but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, "Our Father Who Art in Heaven."

Famous Quotes / Douglas MacArthur

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Douglas MacArthur: "By profession, I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder -- infinitely prouder -- to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. While the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battlefield but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, "Our Father Who Art in Heaven.""

Quotations about

Battalions	Battlefield	Build	Builds
Creation	Daily	Death	Destroys
Embodies	Fact	Father	Gone
Heaven	Home	Hope	Hordes
Infinitely	Life	Mightier	Mighty
Order	Other	Potentiality	Prayer
Pride	Profession	Prouder	Remember
Repeating	Simple	Soldier	Still
Take	While

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By profession, I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder -- infinitely prouder -- to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. While the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battlefield but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, "Our Father Who Art in Heaven." - Douglas MacArthur