Do more than is required of you.
GEORGE S. PATTONSay what you mean and mean what you say.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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