An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
GEORGE S. PATTONNo poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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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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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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