Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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 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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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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