No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
GEORGE S. PATTONSuccess is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.
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Do more than is required of you.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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