War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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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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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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.
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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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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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