Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire. - George S. Patton

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It has been preached in every country, taught everywhere, but only believed in by a few, because until we get the experience ourselves, we cannot believe in it.

George S. Patton

Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.

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The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.

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In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.

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The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

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Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.

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