Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
GEORGE S. PATTONTo be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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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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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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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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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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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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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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