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Always do more than is required of you.
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 there is fear of failure, there will be failure.
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...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
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When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
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The most difficult thing about being humble is not being able to brag about it.
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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
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...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.
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A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.
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Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. Always do more than is required of you. If a man has done his best, what else is there?
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You must do your damdest and win.
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Never in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of Fedela and within 1 week of D-Day. I'll go ahead and win.
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All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.
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The god of war hates those who hesitate.
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