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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
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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George Smith Patton
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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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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.
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A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.
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Always do more than is required of you.
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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
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When we land against the enemy, don't forget to hit him and hit him hard. When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy.
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When there is fear of failure, there will be failure.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.
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You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.
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Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.
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Just drive down that road, until you get blown up
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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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I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.
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