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.
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.
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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.
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.
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!
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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.
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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.
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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