A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
GEORGE S. PATTONSay what you mean and mean what you say.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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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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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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