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. PATTONLead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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