"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

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Source : "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

George S. Patton

#Inspirational Quotes #Positive Quotes #Leadership Quotes

“The idea of windmills conjures up pleasant images - of Holland and tulips, of rural America with windmill blades slowly turning, pumping water at the farm well ... But the windmills we are talking about today are not your grandmother's windmills. Each one is typically 100 yards tall, two stories taller than the Stature of Liberty, taller than a football field is long.”
“May your trails be dim, lonesome, stony, narrow, winding and only slightly uphill. May the wind bring rain for the slickrock potholes fourteen miles on the other side of yonder blue ridge. May God's dog serenade your campfire, may the rattlesnake and the screech owl amuse your reverie, may the Great Sun dazzle your eyes by day and the Great Bear watch over you by night.”
“Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment.”
“Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.”
“For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.”
“Most child welfare agencies tend to embrace secrecy because the people who lead them tend to be mediocre and don't want you to see how poor a job they are doing.”
“I've known people who had fantastic ideas, but who couldn't get the idea off the ground because they approached everything weakly. They thought that their ideas would somehow take off by themselves, or that just coming up with an idea was enough. Let me tell you something - it's not enough. It will never be enough. You have to put the idea into action. If you don't have the motivation and the enthusiasm, your great idea will simply sit on top of your desk or inside your head and go nowhere.”
“Hyphens, like cats, are capable of arousing tenderness or shudders.”

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