There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
GEORGE S. PATTONSuccess in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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 good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
GEORGE S. PATTON