To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
GEORGE S. PATTONCourage is fear holding on a minute longer.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Do more than is required of you.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit 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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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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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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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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