Quotes of George S. Patton - somelinesforyou

“ Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his. ”

- George S. Patton

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

- George S. Patton

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

- George S. Patton

“ Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ”

- 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

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

- 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 Jr.

“ The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. ”

- George S. Patton

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

- George S. Patton Jr. Patton Principles

“ The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. ”

- George S. Patton

“ Pressure makes diamonds ”

- George S. Patton Jr.

“ A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future. ”

- George S. Patton Jr.

“ No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country. ”

- George S. Patton Jr.

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

- George S. Patton Jr.

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

- George S. Patton

“ 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. ”

- George S. Patton Jr.

“ We're not just going to shoot the bastards, we're going to rip out their living goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. ”

- George S. Patton Jr.

“ Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. ”

- George S. Patton

“ Take calculated risks. This is quite different from being rash. ”

- George S. Patton

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

- George S. Patton

“ Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ”

- George S. Patton

“ Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ”

- George S. Patton

“ I do not fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me, which is pounding, saying, "Keep going. Someone must be on top; why not you?". ”

- George S. Patton

“ There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to your fear. ”

- George S. Patton

“ 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

“ Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. ”

- George S. Patton

“ 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

“ 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

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

- George S. Patton

“ Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ”

- George S. Patton
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