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If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
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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California
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Old Blood and Guts
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George Smith Patton
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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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When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.
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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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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen
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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 in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of Fedela and within 1 week of D-Day. I'll go ahead and win.
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In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.
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There is no such thing as a successful defense.
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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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Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
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It is rather interesting how you get used to death.
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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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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
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When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
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Pressure makes diamonds
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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