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. PATTONUntutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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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.
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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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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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