An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Pressure makes diamonds.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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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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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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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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Do more than is required of you.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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