Pressure makes diamonds.
GEORGE S. PATTONA piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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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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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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The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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 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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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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