No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious 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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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