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I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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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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Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
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Battle... brings out all that is best.
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.
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