Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
GEORGE S. PATTONMany soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Do more than is required of you.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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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