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George S. Patton — Portrait after a picture by Robert F. Cranston / Harry Warnecke (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.

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George S. Patton

United States Army general

1885–1945

28 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Leadership and Fear.

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.
- Decisions
- Fear
All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.
War As I Knew It
- Fear
- War & Peace
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
- Courage
- Fear

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