General George S. Patton

In forty hours I shall be in battle with little information and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions but I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that with God's help I shall make them and make them right.

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

There is a time to take counsel of your fears and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

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

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.

In forty hours I shall be in battle with little information and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that with God's help I shall make them and make them right.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

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.

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 fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul to either conquer or perish with honor is the secret of victory.