Quotes by George S. Patton

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George Smith Patton, Jr. is best known for his leadership of the Third United States Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy.
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If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

George S. Patton

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

George S. Patton

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the ...

George S. Patton

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

George S. Patton

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

George S. Patton

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

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

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

George S. Patton

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

George S. Patton

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ah...

George S. Patton

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

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

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

George S. Patton

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

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

George S. Patton

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

George S. Patton

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

George S. Patton

Author Bio

  • NameGeorge S. Patton
  • DescriptionUnited States Army general
  • AliasesThe Old Man; Old Blood and Guts; Bandito; General Patton; George Smith Patton, Jr.
  • BornNovember 1, 1885
  • DiedDecember 21, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAutobiographer; Officer
  • AwardsBronze Star Medal; Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Grand Cross Of The Order Of Wissam El Alaouite; Legionnaire Of Legion Of Merit; Purple Heart; Order Of The White Lion; Legion Of Honour; Silver Star