No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
GEORGE S. PATTONHuman beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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