Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
GEORGE S. PATTONAnyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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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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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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