Do more than is required of you.
GEORGE S. PATTONThroughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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 pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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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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I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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