All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
GEORGE S. PATTONI don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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