George S. Patton
George S. Patton

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

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
George S. Patton

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
George S. Patton

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

If a man does his best, what else is there?

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

George S. Patton
George S. Patton

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.