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.
GEORGE S. PATTONCourage is fear holding on a minute longer.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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 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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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