War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
GEORGE S. PATTONThe 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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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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 simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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