Quotes from General George Patton, America's Great General

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

“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent

characteristic in men.”

“Never let the enemy pick the battle site.”

“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”

“Say what you mean and mean what you say.”

“Success is how you bounce on the bottom.”

“The leader must be an actor."

“The soldier is the army.”

“There is only one type of discipline, perfect discipline.”

“War is simple, direct, and ruthless.”

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

“You’re never beaten until you admit it.”

“You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to

overestimate

him.”

"Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired

and hungry you

may be, the enemy will be more tire, more

hungry. Keep punching."

"In landing operations, retreat is impossible, to surrender is as

ignoble as it is

foolish. above all else remember that we as

attackers have the initiative, we

know exactly what we are going

to do, while the enemy is ignorant of our

intentions and can only

parry our blows. We must retain this tremendous

advantage by

always attacking rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, and without rest."

"An Army is a team; lives, sleeps, eats, fights as a team. This

individual heroic

stuff is a lot of crap."

"War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights

never approached

in any other activity."

"No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him

a form of

vicarious courage."

"A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then

he is lost. By

this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three

times, fate will reach out and

tap a man on the shoulder. if he has

the imagination, he will turn around and

fate will point out to him

what fork in the road he should take, if he has the

guts, he will

take it."

"In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of

the offense

depends on the warlike souls of those conducting

it."

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and

they will surprise

you with their ingenuity."

"Wars might be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It

is the spirit of

the men who leads that gains the victory."

Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by

dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb

bastard die for his country.

A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect

plan next week."

“A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect

solution applied

ten minutes later.”

"America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why

America has

never, and will never, lose a war.”

“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.”

“By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can

become great.”

“Do everything you ask of those you command.”

“Do more than is required of you.”

“Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity.”

“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will

destroy even

the best strategy.”

“I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in

white tie and

tails.”

“I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”

“If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.”

“In case of doubt, attack.”

“It’s the unconquerable soul of man, not the nature of the

weapon he uses,

that insures victory.”

“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. ”

“Live for something rather than die for nothing.”

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

"Tanks are new and special weapon-newer than, as special, and

certainly as

valuable as the airplane."

"An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is

always going on;

we must take care not to let these sundry

means undue eminence in the

perspective of our minds; for,

since the beginning, there has been an

unending cycle of them,

and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as

the sole

solution of successful war."

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

"The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the

fighting machine

as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the

demands of future warfare."

"Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too

much about too

little."

". many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided

by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of

brave men."

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