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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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Military Commander
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San Gabriel
California
The Old Man
Old Blood and Guts
Bandito
General Patton
George Smith Patton
Jr.
G.S. Patton
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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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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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The soldier is the army.
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Success is how you bounce on the bottom.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
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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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You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
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Always do more than is required of you.
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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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Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.
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Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.
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Take calculated risks.
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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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Pressure makes diamonds
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There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.
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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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Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.
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