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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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Swimmer
San Gabriel
California
The Old Man
Old Blood and Guts
Bandito
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George Smith Patton
Jr.
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In case of doubt, attack.
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Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. Always do more than is required of you. If a man has done his best, what else is there?
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The god of war hates those who hesitate.
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Audacity, audacity, always audacity.
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
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Battle is an orgy of disorder.
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A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.
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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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Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.
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Just drive down that road, until you get blown up
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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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A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
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Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
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So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
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