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.
GEORGE S. PATTONThere is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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To 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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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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