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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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Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen
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Audacity, audacity, always audacity.
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When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
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To conquer, we must destroy our enemies. We must not only die gallantly we must kill devastatingly. The faster and more effectively you kill, the longer you will live to enjoy the priceless fame of conquerors.
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Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example
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Always do everything you ask of those you command.
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I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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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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An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.
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By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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Success is how you bounce on the bottom.
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Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.
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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
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