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.
GEORGE S. PATTONThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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