There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
GEORGE S. PATTONPressure makes diamonds.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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Do more than is required of you.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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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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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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