A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
GEORGE S. PATTONA pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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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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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.
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