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You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.
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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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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Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.
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The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.
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By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
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Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.
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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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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.
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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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Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
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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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A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.
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