No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
GEORGE S. PATTONUntutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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