Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
GEORGE S. PATTONDo everything you ask of those you command.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Do more than is required of you.
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I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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