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Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
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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It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.
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When there is fear of failure, there will be failure.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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The most difficult thing about being humble is not being able to brag about it.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
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I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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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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The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.
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Always do more than is required of you.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
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We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
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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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We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Wars are not won by fighting battles wars are won by choosing battles
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Success is not getting to the top - but how you bounce up from the bottom that counts.
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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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