Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
GEORGE S. PATTONNo sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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War is the only place where a man lives.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Do more than is required of you.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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