Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Quotes by George S. Patton
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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.
Success
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. 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.
Courage
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
Wisdom
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
Wisdom
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.
Wisdom
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
Courage
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
Wisdom
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
Wisdom
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Success
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.
Wisdom
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Wisdom
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Wisdom
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
Success
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
Success
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
Wisdom
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
Courage
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
Wisdom
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
Wisdom
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
Wisdom
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
Wisdom
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
Wisdom
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
Wisdom
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
Courage
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