Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
GEORGE S. PATTONBattle 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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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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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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The 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 very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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