George S. Patton Quotes

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

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.

I’d rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

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.

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

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

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

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

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

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

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

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