Pressure makes diamonds.
GEORGE S. PATTONWars 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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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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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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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