"Never tell people how to do things...." - Quote by George S Patton
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.”
“Success is not getting to the top - but how you bounce up from the bottom that counts.”
“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. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.”
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“If you are training leaders, because you need them, you are too late.”
“I, more than anything, obviously the presidency is the people, and it's been interesting the emotions in the last few months. What you realize is that you may never have the team that is together in the same way, under the same pressures, and the attachments that you make to folks from your chief of staff down to.”
“The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.”
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“Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge.”
“I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Everyone of you must be a giant- must, that is my word. Obedience, readiness, and love for the cause- if you have these three, nothing can hold you back.”
“It is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.”