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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

George S. Patton

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Absence Characteristic Courage Moral Valuable
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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Blood Sweat War
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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People Surprise
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
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Bounce Success Test
Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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History River War
Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Consequences Duty See
Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Fault Ideas Little Soldier War
War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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Direct Ruthless Wages War
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Active Body Exist Inactive Mind
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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Fight Men Spirit Victory War Weapon Win
Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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Content Country Himself Life Mediocrity Tradition True Walk
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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Army Citizen Country Soldier
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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Army Battle War Win
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Bounce Failure High Success
Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Acceptance Challenge Exhilaration Victory
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Bullet Courage Education Face Useless

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