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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.
George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.
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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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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Close the playand keep the store open nights.
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My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you seen a few policemen handle a crowd?
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Battle... brings out all that is best.
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Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. Always do more than is required of you. If a man has done his best, what else is there?
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Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.
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America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.
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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
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Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?
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Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.
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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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All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.
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To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.
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In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.
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