I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
GEORGE S. PATTONTo be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Wars 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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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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