George S. Patton Quotes - Page 4

If everybody's thinking the same thing, then nobody's thinking.

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.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

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

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.

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.

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

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.

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.

You must be single minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.

The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

You fight like you train.

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.

You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.

The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.

By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

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.

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

Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.

In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.