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

George S. Patton

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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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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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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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 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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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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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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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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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