Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
GEORGE S. PATTONAn active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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 object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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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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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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