An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
GEORGE S. PATTONWar is the only place where a man lives.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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