Authors - George S. Patton
Brief Biography
George Smith Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945) was an officer in the United States Army best known for his leadership as a general during World War II. He also developed a reputation for eccentricity and for sometimes-controversial gruff outspokenness -- such as during his profanity-laced speech to his expeditionary troops. - Wikipedia
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Quote 1190by Anonymous on 11/01/2011
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
Quote 1239by Anonymous on 11/01/2011
If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking.
Quote 1395by Anonymous on 12/01/2011
I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
Quote 1512by Anonymous on 14/01/2011
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
Quote 1537by Anonymous on 14/01/2011
If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do... the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.
Quote 1662by Anonymous on 15/01/2011
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
Quote 2012by Anonymous on 21/01/2011
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.
Quote 2158by Anonymous on 24/01/2011
It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance.
Quote 2256by Anonymous on 25/01/2011
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.
Quote 2366by Anonymous on 28/01/2011
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Quote 2469by Anonymous on 30/01/2011
If a man does his best, what else is there?
Quote 2937by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
Quote 3044by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
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?
Quote 3202by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
Quote 3320by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
Quote 3332by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
Quote 3687by Anonymous on 09/02/2011
A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.
Quote 3690by Anonymous on 09/02/2011
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
Quote 3831by Anonymous on 10/02/2011
Don't tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
Quote 4079by Anonymous on 14/02/2011
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
Quote 4321by Anonymous on 19/02/2011
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Quote 4628by Anonymous on 25/02/2011
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
Quote 4696by Anonymous on 25/02/2011
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Quote 4939by Anonymous on 04/05/2011
A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.
Quote 13680by Anonymous on 20/08/2013
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
