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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.

George S. Patton

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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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Character Inspirational One Liner
Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Command Success Treat
Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Do more than is required of you.
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Motivational One Liner Requirement
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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Bastard Country Die Poor War Win
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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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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Courage Fear Motivational
There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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Defeat Live Pathethic
To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Follow Leadership War
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Die Foolish God Live Men Wrong
Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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Blood Sweat War
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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Bounce Failure High Success
Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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