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Take calculated risks.
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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So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names - but always me.
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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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In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them, and make them right.
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We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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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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Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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