George S. Patton Quotes
We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?
Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
When we land against the enemy, don't forget to hit him and hit him hard. When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy.
Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.
War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts.
I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.
So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names - but always me.
Remember wars are won by killing people. The more we kill, the quicker we'll get out of this war.
All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
Success is not getting to the top - but how you bounce up from the bottom that counts.
The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare.
When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty.
I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards - You name them; I'll shoot them!
I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.
There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.
Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.
Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally.
Sometimes I think your life and mine are under the protection of some supreme being or fate , because, after many years of parallel thought, we find ourselves in the positions we now occupy.
Never in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of Fedela and within 1 week of D-Day. I'll go ahead and win.
Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange. If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic, as in mundane combats fistic, We will get a bloody nose and that's a sin.
Tanks are new and special weapon-newer than, as special, and certainly as valuable as the airplane.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
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.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more. ... 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?
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul to either conquer or perish with honor is the secret of victory.
