George S. Patton

George S. Patton

"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
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"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
George S. Patton
"“Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”"
George S. Patton
"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals."
George S. Patton
"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
George S. Patton
"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."
George S. Patton
"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."
George S. Patton
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
George S. Patton
"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."
George S. Patton
"If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results."
George S. Patton
"Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle."
George S. Patton
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."
George S. Patton
"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
George S. Patton
"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood."
George S. Patton
"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear."
George S. Patton
"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."
George S. Patton
"Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable."
George S. Patton
"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war."
George S. Patton
"A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood."
George S. Patton
"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!"
George S. Patton
"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood."
George S. Patton
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