Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
GEORGE S. PATTONNever tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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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 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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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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