George S. Patton

"Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning of all wisdom."

"Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle."

"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."

"Audacity, audacity, always audacity."

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

"Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader."

"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."

"By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great."

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"Do not take counsel of your fears."

"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up."

"Discipline is the most important part of leadership."

"Even the bravest man, if he is intelligent, will sometimes have doubts when it comes to dying."

"Everybody wants to live and let live, but some will push you and push you until you push back."

"Fatigue makes cowards of us all."

"Fortunately for the world, Hitler's attacks on Russia knocked out the Soviet Union temporarily as a participant in the war."

"Genius is a very common thing. All that is needed is the desire to develop it."

"God fights on the side with the best logistics."

"Gold-plated staffs and swords are the property of us generals."

"Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise tremendous power."

"Guilt is the price of procrastination."

"Hang tough! Nothing is as bad as it seems."

"Have the moral courage to stand by your convictions."

"He is not a good soldier who does not desire promotion."

"Honor, that which can not be lost, but must not be surrendered."

"I am not a taking man, but I am a giving man."

"I believe in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the West Point Atlas."

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

"I would rather be a failure in a cause that will ultimately succeed than a success in a cause that will ultimately fail."

"If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. The moment a man does more than is required, he is a free man."