To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
GEORGE S. PATTONAnyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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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 everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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 pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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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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