George S. Patton

“No b-----d ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb b-----d die for his country.”

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

“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.”

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

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

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

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

“I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.”

“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other b-----d die for his.”

“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.”

“Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.”

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

“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”

“The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!”

“If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.”

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

“A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.”

“Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.”

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

“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.”

“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”

“Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.”

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