George S. Patton Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

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

Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

Fear kills more people than death.

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

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

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

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

Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles

When there is fear of failure, there will be failure.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

You're never beaten until you admit it

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.

Always do more than is required of you.

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.

There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.

The most difficult thing about being humble is not being able to brag about it.

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.