A few George Patton quotes:
“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.”
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
“If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.”
“Battle is an orgy of disorder.”
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”
“I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.”
“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”
“Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.”
“Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.”
“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
“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!”
“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”
Here’s George C. Scott playing him in the movie Patton:
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乔治巴顿引语
可以立刻去执行的计划，就是好的计划。
不要告诉人们怎样做事，告诉他们做什么，让他们以成果使你大吃一惊。
如果你告诉人们目的地，而不说该怎么到达那里，你将对结果感到惊讶不已
战斗是一个杂交的障碍。
我不以一个人爬得多高来衡量他的成功，而是看他跌至谷底后，能反弹得多高
假如每个人的想法都是一样的，那么肯定有人没人思考
没有人曾成功地防御住任何东西，唯一的方式是进攻，进攻，再进攻。
研究过去别人是如何应对不可预见及不可预测之事，为即将到来的未知作准备。
精细估算后再去冒这个险。这与鲁莽大大不同
制定一个重要的战争决策之前是衡量你胆量的最佳时间。那是倾听你能想象到的每一次恐惧的时间！当你收集到了所有战斗实况，收起了畏惧并做出了决策，那就驱走所有担心，勇往直前！
看到人们对于什么愤世嫉俗，他就可以经常发现他们缺少什么。