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.
GEORGE S. PATTONDo more than is required of you.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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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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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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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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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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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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