Do everything you ask of those you command.
GEORGE S. PATTON
GEORGE S. PATTON
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton When in doubt, ATTACK!
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton 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.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton 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.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton Say what you mean and mean what you say.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
Colin PowellColin Powell Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton Life is bendable to our will more than we know. In fact, that’s the deal. If we don’t know that life bends to our will, it will not. So the trick is to know that life is on our side — and but awaits our command.
Neale Donald WalschNeale Donald Walsch When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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