An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
GEORGE S. PATTONWar is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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