Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
GEORGE S. PATTONDo everything you ask of those you command.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
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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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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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War is the only place where a man lives.
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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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