Quotes of George S. Patton Jr. - somelinesforyou

“ 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.

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

- George S. Patton Jr. Patton Principles

“ 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.

“ 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.
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