No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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Do more than is required of you.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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