A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

Quote by George S Patton

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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle...

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle...

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank...

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank...

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the...

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the...

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get...

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get...

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings...

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings...

If a man does his best, what else is there?

If a man does his best, what else is there?

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by...

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by...

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the...

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the...

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no...

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no...

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.