George Patton (1885-1945)

Quotes

• If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking.

• The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

• It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.

• 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.

• If a man does his best, what else is there?

• A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

• Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

• Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

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

• Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

• Don't tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

• War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula.

• If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking.

• 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.

• Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

• May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.

• If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?

• Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

• I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.