Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
GEORGE S. PATTONAll men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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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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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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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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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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