Quotes by George S. Patton

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

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

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

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 essence of manhood.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. Thats 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!

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldnt give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. Thats why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

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

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

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

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 essence of manhood.

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

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

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

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, youll be amazed at the results.

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

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.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

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