I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
GEORGE S. PATTONA piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Do more than is required of you.
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
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