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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Do more than is required of you.
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