George S. Patton
Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feetCollection: Thinking
If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.Collection: Winning
In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.Collection: Two
Success is how you bounce on the bottom.Collection: Military
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.Collection: Determination
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.Collection: Army
No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.Collection: Military
continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.Collection: Running
Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight startsCollection: Military
Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.Collection: Alive
It is rather interesting how you get used to death.Collection: Interesting
Sir, I am not a brave man...The truth is, I am an utter craven coward. I have never been within the sound of gunshot or in sight of battle in my whole life that I wasn't so scared that I had sweat in the palms of my hands.Collection: Courage
The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good.Collection: Done
All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.Collection: Intelligent
Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.Collection: Successful
...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.Collection: Military
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.Collection: War
This is a hell of a way to die.Collection: Way
I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.Collection: Believe
It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.Collection: Eye
Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.Collection: Military
I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.Collection: Army
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. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. First, because you are here to defend your homes and your loved ones. Second, you are here for your own self respect, because you would not want to be anywhere else. Third, you are here because you are real men and all real men like to fight.Collection: Real
You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.Collection: Military
All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.Collection: Military
The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.Collection: Real
When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!Collection: Decision
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.Collection: Country
By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.Collection: Perseverance
Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.Collection: Thousand
We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any sense of decency or else they lost it all during their period of internment by the Germans. My personal opinion is that no people could have sunk to the level of degradation these have reached in the short space of four years.Collection: Army
You must be single minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.Collection: Decision
You fight like you train.Collection: Fighting
For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.Collection: Horse
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.Collection: Country
If everybody's thinking the same thing, then nobody's thinking.Collection: Funny
Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.Collection: Damn
But between the plan and the operation, there is always an unknown. That unknown spells victory or defeat. ... Some people call it getting the breaks. I call it God. God has His part in everything. That's where prayer comes in.Collection: Uplifting
In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.Collection: Perseverance