Words matter. These are the best George S. Patton Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
If a man does his best, what else is there?
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.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn’t give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
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 ahead!
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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.
Battle is an orgy of disorder.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
