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Bravery
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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Challenges
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Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Confidence
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The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.
-General George Patton
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Duty
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If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.
-General George Patton
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Effort
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If a man has done his best, what else is there?
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Failure
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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.
-General George Patton
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Fear
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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear.
-General George Patton
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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.
-General George Patton
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Goals
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You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
-General George Patton
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Leadership
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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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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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Military, the
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
-General George Patton
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Mistakes
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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?
-General George Patton
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Order
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
-General George Patton
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Planning
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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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A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
-General George Patton
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Risk
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Take calculated risks. This is quite different from being rash.
-General George Patton
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Running
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
-General George Patton
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Service
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Always do more than is required of you.
-General George Patton
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Sports
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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Thought
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If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking.
-General George Patton
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War
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It is certain that the two World Wars in which I have participated would not have occurred had we been prepared. It is my belief that adequate preparation on our part would have prevented or materially shortened all our other wars beginning with that of 1812. Yet, after each of our wars, there has always been a great hue and cry to the effect that there will be no more wars, that disarmament is the sure road to health, happiness, and peace; and that by removing the fire department, we will remove fires. These ideas spring from wishful thinking and from the erroneous belief that wars result from logical processes. There is no logic in wars. They are produced by madmen. No man can say when future madmen will reappear. I do not say that there will be no more wars; I devoutly hope that there will not, but I do say that the chances of avoiding future wars will be greatly enhanced if we are ready.
-General George Patton
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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.
-General George Patton
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There's only one proper way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet, of the last battle, of the last war.
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Will, Willpower
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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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Books by and about General George Patton