Not one step back. The Soviets had been retreating across thousands of kilometers of steppe, literarily disappearing from the advancing Germans. At the Volga this was to be the end of this retreat. The Soviet's treated Stalin's statement - "not one step back", as an absolute. Ultimately their refusal to fall back any further even when they only held 10% of the city of Stalingrad was a huge factor in their victory.

In an age where relativism is so popular, why not take stand on your next project? Find a value or principle and stick to it: no matter what.