Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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George S. Patton
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About George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and ma…
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frigh…
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.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets…
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frigh…
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.