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George S. Patton
American
Soldier
About the author
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Nothing
#Fight
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Fear
#Courage
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#People
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#People
#Will
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#War
#Country
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.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#War
#Country
#Dumb
#Poor
#Dying
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Past
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#God
#Men
#Wrong
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Success
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Being
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Success
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!
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Time
#Fear
#Battle
#Decision
#Facts
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Time
#Fear
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Discipline
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Weapons
#May
#Man
#Men
#Spirit
#Victory
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#People
#Sheep
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#People
#Goals
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#End
#Military
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#People
#Results
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Courage
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Successful
#Commanders
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Now
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Victory
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Blood
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Fear
#Man
#Men
#Quality
#Bravery
Always do everything you ask of those you command.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Love
#Fight
#Americans
#Battle
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Play
#War
#Man
#Hell
#Americans
Battle is an orgy of disorder.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Battle
#Disorder
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Time
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#People
#Results
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Success
#Man
#Measure
If a man does his best, what else is there?
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Man
If a man has done his best, what else is there?
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Man
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Fear
#Being
#Men
#Sense
#Duty
#Battle
#Competition
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
George S. Patton,
American
Soldier
#Thinking