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Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
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Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.
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We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
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Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.
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If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.
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When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
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We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.
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You must do your damdest and win.
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Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
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A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.
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I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.
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