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. PATTONAccept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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