Pressure makes diamonds.
GEORGE S. PATTONTo be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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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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