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

Quote by George S Patton

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Battle is an orgy of disorder.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

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.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be...

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

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

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

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

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

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he...

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he...

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

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

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

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

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

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

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

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...

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...