Do more than is required of you.
GEORGE S. PATTONIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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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 your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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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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