No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
GEORGE S. PATTONSuccess in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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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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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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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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