I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
GEORGE S. PATTONThere is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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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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Do more than is required of you.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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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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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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