Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
GEORGE S. PATTONThe 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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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Do more than is required of you.
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