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.
GEORGE S. PATTONOfficers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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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 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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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 good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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