Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
~ George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Cynicism
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
~ George S. Patton
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Thinking
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
~ George S. Patton
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The mind could make you dance
Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired… You’ve always got to make the mind take over and keep going.
~ George S. Patton, Jr.
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A man must know his destiny
A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.
~ George S. Patton
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