Gen. George S. Patton Jr...///Quotes
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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?"
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
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If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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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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Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
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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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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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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
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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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THIS LAST QUOTE, is paraphrased, as I just remember hearing it attributed to him and did not copy it down. It concerns his part in the war:
"If I lose, I will be dead."-Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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this is a link to the general's Third Army Speech...Gen. George S. Patton Jr. Speech
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