You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Quote by George S Patton

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Battle is an orgy of disorder.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

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

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

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

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

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the...

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them...

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them...

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

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...