*[Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."](http://www.quotes.net/quote/54759) * **[George S. Patton »](http://www.quotes.net/authors/George%20S.%20Patton)** George Smith Patton, Jr. (also George Smith Patton III) GCB, OBE (November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945) was a distinguished and controversial U.S. Army officer