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.
GEORGE S. PATTONFatigue makes cowards of us all.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Do more than is required of you.
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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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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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Battle 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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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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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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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 object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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