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Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
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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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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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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Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
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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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I am the best damn ass-kicker in the whole U.S. Army!
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Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.
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My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.
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Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.
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Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.
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The soldier is the army.
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Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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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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