Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
GEORGE S. PATTONIf everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Do more than is required of you.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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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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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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