"I never take counsel of my fears...." - Quote by George S Patton
I never take counsel of my fears.
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“Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example”
“There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.”
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
More on Fear
“He knew he would not be afraid. Even if he ever was afraid he knew that he could do it anyway.”
“Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.”
“The two terrors that discourage creativity and creative living are fear of public opinion and undue reverence for one's own consistency.”
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“Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.”
“Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.”
“There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.”