QUOTE A DAY - January 22, 2013

Greetings fellow quote lovers:

Featuring my favorite warrior, George S. Patton!

Best,
JA

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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*
With the efforts of the historians, the case is even worse ... no matter when he writes, is by nature a man of thoughtful and studious habits utterly incapable of appreciating the roaring energy of a soldier... Colored by self deception, shaded by scholarly bookworms, our soldiers stand before us as devoid of life as the toothless portraits of Washington which adorn the walls of half our schoolrooms...
--George S. Patton

Hence, the search for that elusive secret of military success; Soul, genius, personality--call it what you will-- is of vital interest to us all.
--George S. Patton

There is an incessant and constant change of 'means' to attain the inevitable 'end,' but we must take care not to let these inevitable sundry means, past or predicted, attain undue eminence in the perspective of our minds.

Since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each, its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole means of successful war.
--George S. Patton


**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**
It is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'

See at the bottom for the answer

*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*
The white hot energy of youth, which saw in obstacles but inspirations, and in the enemy but the gage to battle, becomes too complacent with age.
--George S. Patton


'Knowledge is power,' but to a degree only. Its possession per se will raise a man to mediocrity, but not to distinction.
--George S. Patton


MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?

It is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'

ANSWER: Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

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