76 result(s) for George S. Patton Quotes.
"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!"
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived."
"Success will never lower its standard to accommodate us. We have to raise our standard to achieve it."
"Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences."
"If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results."
"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits the bottom."
"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals."
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"Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence."
"War is simple, direct, and ruthless."
"You must do your damndest."
"Success is how you bounce when you hit bottom."
"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking."
"You’re never beaten until you admit it."
"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t."
"Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior."
"Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success."
"You must do your damndest and win this war."
"It's the unconquerable soul of man, not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
"Accept challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
"A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood."
"The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
"Say what you mean and mean what you say."
"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. I'm a soldier. I can take it."
"Better to fight for something than live for nothing. To be a successful soldier, you must know history."
"I love it, I love it and I think that nobody who has been through it can ever forget."
"War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it."
"Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational ability."
"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
"Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men."
"Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance."
"Always do more than is required of you."
"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
"The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom."
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"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."
"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."
"You're never beaten until you admit it."
"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."
"Do everything you ask of those you command."
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't."
"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."
"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
"I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight."
"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men."
"Live for something rather than die for nothing."
"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."
"No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair."
"Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness."
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
"War is a violent clash of wills."
"The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath."
"Operations are not a matter of luck, but of preparation."
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."
"Attitude is more important than knowledge."
"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 soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
"Success is a consequence of preparation and execution."
"I don't want to hear about your problems, I want to hear about your solutions."
"It is a mistake to think that a battle is won by the side with the most men."
"The easiest way to destroy an enemy is to make him think he's winning."
"An army is a moving entity, not a static one."
"You can't win a war without taking risks."
"Speed is the essence of war."
"You don't fight for your country; you fight for the man next to you."
"Discipline is the soul of an army."
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
"A soldier's greatest weapon is his spirit."
"Never let a man come to you with a problem without a solution."
"To be a great leader, you must first be a great follower."
"War is the ultimate test of a man's character."
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