Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
GEORGE S. PATTONSay what you mean and mean what you say.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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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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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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