It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
GEORGE S. PATTONSuccess is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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 the only place where a man lives.
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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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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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