Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
GEORGE S. PATTONAll 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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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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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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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