Pressure makes diamonds.
GEORGE S. PATTONTo be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.
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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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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