I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
GEORGE S. PATTONI am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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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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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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