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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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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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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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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