Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
GEORGE S. PATTONOfficers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Do more than is required of you.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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