George S. Patton Quotes

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George S. Patton

Profession : General

Birth : November 11, 1885

Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom.

George S. Patton

Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

George S. Patton

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

George S. Patton

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.

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton