"The only way you get on in..." - Quote by George S Patton
The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.
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“There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.”
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
“Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles”
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“There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing.”
“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”
“The people I work with have a very good impression of me for sure, because of how I am.”