Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
GEORGE S. PATTONI have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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