"Lead
me, follow me, or get out of my way."
- General George Patton Jr
"May
God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't."
- General George Patton Jr
"Wars
may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men."
- General George Patton Jr
"I
am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where
I fight."
- General George Patton Jr
"Few
men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it.
Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts"
- General George Patton Jr, "War as I knew it" 1947
"I'd
rather have a German Division in front of me than a French
one behind."
- General George S. Patton Jr
"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."
- General George Patton Jr
"Just
drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton Jr, about reconnaissance troops
"There
is one tactical principal which is not subject to change.
It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum
amount of wounds, death and destruction on the enemy
in the minimum amount of time."
- General George S. Patton Jr.
"War
is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation
by fixed formula"
- General George Patton Jr
"If
a man does his best, what else is there?"
- General George Patton Jr
"Success
is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
- General George Patton Jr
"If
everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking."
- General George Patton Jr
"Infantry
must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot
in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To
halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers
must set the example"
- General George Patton Jr "War as I knew it" 1947
"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."
- General George Patton Jr, "War as I knew it" 1947
"Accept
the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration
of victory."
- General George Patton Jr
"Courage
is fear holding on a minute longer."
- General George Patton Jr
"Pressure
makes diamonds."
- General George Patton Jr
"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?"
- General George Patton Jr
"Do
your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."
- General George Patton Jr
"Never
tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and
they will surprise you with their ingenuity. "
- General George Patton Jr
"Watch
what people are cynical about, and one can often discover
what they lack."
- General George Patton Jr
"We
want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean
up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little
jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their
nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the
credit."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
(addressing to his troops before Operation Overlord, June
5, 1944)
"Sure,
we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest
way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who
started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker
we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin
and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally
going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler.
Just like I'd shoot a snake!"
- General George S. Patton, Jr
(addressing his troops before Operation Overlord, June 5,
1944)
"Make
your plans to fit the circumstances."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Moral
courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent
characteristic in men."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Take
calculated risks."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"There's
a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to
the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary
and is much less prevalent. One of the most frequently
noted characteristics of great men who have remained
great is loyalty to their subordinates."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"You're
never beaten until you admit it."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"It
is only by doing things others have not that one can
advance."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"A
pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"All
glory is fleeting."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"A
leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Success
demands a high level of logistical and organizational
competence."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Perpetual
peace is a futile dream."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"The highest obligation and privilege
of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country."
- General George S Patton, Jr
"It
is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather
we should thank God that such men lived."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"The
test of success is not what you do when your on top.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"If
I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Never
tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and
they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Audacity,
audacity, always audacity."
(English translation of the French Proverb)
- General George Patton Jr's Favorite Saying
"Magnificent!
Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink
to insignificance.
God help me, I do love it so!"
- General George Patton Jr
"A
good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan
executed at some indefinite point in the future."
- General George Patton Jr
"Fixed
fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man."
- General George Patton Jr
"Go
forward until the last round is fired and the last drop
of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!"
- General George Patton Jr
"It
is the unconquerable nature of man and not the nature
of the weapon he uses that ensures victory."
- General George Patton Jr
"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."
-General George S. Patton
"You
must do your damdest and win."
-General George S. Patton
