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George S. Patton Quotes: You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.
         

You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.


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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.



May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.



I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.



A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.



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.

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.



A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.



Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.



Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.



Fear kills more people than death.

Fear kills more people than death.





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Most times, my mind is just an ongoing, present-tense, first-person monologue. It's like I'm writing a novel, constantly, but only in my brain.

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If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, and July the juice middle, August was suddenly feeling like the bitter end.



Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.

Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.



I'm not afraid to spend money on the R&D that's really going to move us to a cleaner energy source that I think is so much the answer to the issues of environmental responsibility and climate change.

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I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials.

I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials.



Like I'm always telling my brothers, if you gonna go into history, you can't do it with a hate attitude. You got to remember, times was different.

Like I'm always telling my brothers, if you gonna go into history, you can't do it with a hate attitude. You got to remember, times was different.




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