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Success is how you bounce on the bottom.
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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If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
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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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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
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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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Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
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A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
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America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.
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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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In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
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There is no such thing as a successful defense.
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When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.
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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 I could have three wishes, one would be to take an '88 and shove that barrel up Hitler's ass so that cocksucker can cry like the little god-damned girl he is. And hell, after that, I wouldn't need two more wishes.
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