George S. Patton
When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.Collection: Decision
Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.Collection: Men
The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s countryCollection: Country
Remember praise is more valuable than blame.Collection: Leadership
Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.Collection: Disappointment
Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.Collection: Faults
To be a successful soldier, you must know history.Collection: Successful
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.Collection: Fitness
Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.Collection: Mediocrity
A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.Collection: Military
Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.Collection: Fall
The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.Collection: Inspirational
Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.Collection: Love
Close the playand keep the store open nights.Collection: Night
Have taken Trier with two divisions. What do you want me to do? Give it back?Collection: Taken
When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty.Collection: Dirty
All glory is fleeting.Collection: Military
There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.Collection: Military
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.Collection: Fate
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.Collection: War
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!Collection: Military
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.Collection: War
Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.Collection: Military
So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.Collection: Real
The soldier is the army.Collection: Military
Battle... brings out all that is best.Collection: Bad Ass
Tanks are new and special weapon-newer than, as special, and certainly as valuable as the airplane.Collection: War
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in menCollection: Inspirational
Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?Collection: Why Not
A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.Collection: Military
When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.Collection: Motivation
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.Collection: War
Always do more than is required of you.Collection: Motivational
You just wait and see. The lily-livered b*stards in Washington will demobilize. They'll say they've made the world safe for democracy again. The Russians are not such d*mned fools. They'll rebuild; and with modern weapons.Collection: Waiting
The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.Collection: Men
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.Collection: Leadership
There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.Collection: Loyalty
You're never beaten until you admit itCollection: Strength
Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired... You've always got to make the mind take over and keep going.Collection: Inspirational
If I could have three wishes, one would be to take an '88 and shove that barrel up Hitler's ass so that cocksucker can cry like the little god-damned girl he is. And hell, after that, I wouldn't need two more wishes.Collection: Girl
There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying.Collection: Men
Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.Collection: Military
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.Collection: Motivational
I have studied the enemy all my life. I have read the memoirs of his generals and his leaders. I have even read his philosophers and listened to his music. I have studied in detail the account of every damned one of his battles. I know exactly how he will react under any given set of circumstances. And he hasn't the slightest idea of what I'm going to do. So when the time comes, I'm going to whip the hell out of him.Collection: Life
I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.Collection: Military
Pressure makes diamondsCollection: Clever
Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.Collection: Inspirational
When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.Collection: Inspiration