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To quote George S. Patton

Submitted by Roanman on Sat, 05/02/2009 - 16:02
 
 
 Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
 
Never tell people how to do things.  Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
 
It seems to me a certainty that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed and the utter degradation of the Arab women are the outstanding causes for the arrested development of the Arab.  He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have been developing.
 
A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.

 
No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
 
Good tactics can save even the worst strategy.  Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.
 
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.  It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
 
The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare.
 
I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
 
Never let the enemy pick the battle site.
 
Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity. 

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

 
An Army is a team; lives, sleeps, eats, fights as a team.  This individual heroic stuff is a lot of crap.

It’s the unconquerable soul of man, not the nature of the weapon he uses, that insures victory.

 
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
 
Live for something rather than die for nothing.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.


If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
 
Say what you mean and mean what you say.
 
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
 
Do more than is required of you.
 
Do everything you ask of those you command.
 
If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.
 
By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
 
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
 
Success is how you bounce on the bottom.

The leader must be an actor.

You’re never beaten until you admit it.

You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him. 


 

Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry.