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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

George S. Patton

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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Absence Characteristic Courage Moral Valuable
War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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Activity Approach Height Man Rise Supreme Test War
Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Bold Depend Gold Rule Simplicity Speed Success War
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Follow Leadership War
No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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Afraid Battle Courage Discipline Man Produce Sane
I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Army Fight Soldier Win
War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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Direct Ruthless Wages War
When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Army Attack Doubt War
I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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Brave Frightened Intelligence Man
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Active Body Exist Inactive Mind
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
Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Coward Fatigue One Liner
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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Courage Fear Motivational
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Command Success Treat
To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Army History Military Soldier War
No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Chair Decision
A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Execution Perfection Planning Violent
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
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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People Surprise
Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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Blood Courage Flesh Human Being Miracle
May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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Enemy God Mercy War
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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Bounce Success Test
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Enemy God Mercy
Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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History River War
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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Bastard Country Die War
If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Inspirational Man
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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Bottom Bounce Climb Measure Success

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