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title: "2 Grown Old Quotes By Douglas MacArthur"
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> [People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/people-grow-old-only-by-deserting-their-ideals-macarthur-had-written/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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> [Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/years-may-wrinkle-the-skin-but-to-give-up-interest-wrinkles-the-soul/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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## More by Douglas MacArthur

> [Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/men-since-the-beginning-of-time-have-sought-peace-military-alliances/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil—soil consecrated in the blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/people-of-the-philippines-i-have-returned-by-the-grace-of-almighty/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-stand-on-this-rostrum-with-a-sense-of-deep-humility-and-great-pride/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/our-country-is-now-geared-to-an-arms-economy-bred-in-an-artificially/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/if-i-had-one-more-division-like-this-first-marine-division-i-could/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/however-horrible-the-incidents-of-war-may-be-the-soldier-who-is/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/while-asia-is-commonly-referred-to-as-the-gateway-to-europe-it-is-no/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-believe-that-the-entire-effort-of-modern-society-should-be/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/in-war-as-it-is-waged-now-with-the-enormous-losses-on-both-sides-both/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-am-concerned-for-the-security-of-our-great-nation-not-so-much/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-ve-looked-that-old-scoundrel-death-in-the-eye-many-times-but-this/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/age-wrinkles-the-body-quitting-wrinkles-the-soul/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/for-those-to-whom-much-is-given-much-is-required-it-is-not-whether/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/in-war-you-win-or-lose-live-or-die-and-the-difference-is-just-an/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [Beware not the enemy from 'without' but the enemy from 'within'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/beware-not-the-enemy-from-without-but-the-enemy-from-within/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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