If a man does his best, what else is there?
GEORGE S. PATTONA good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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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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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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