A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
GEORGE S. PATTONNo good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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