Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
GEORGE S. PATTONDo your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
GEORGE S. PATTONAll 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.
GEORGE S. PATTONUntutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
GEORGE S. PATTONIf everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
GEORGE S. PATTONThe test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
GEORGE S. PATTONThe soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.
GEORGE S. PATTONNo good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
GEORGE S. PATTONHuman beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
GEORGE S. PATTONGive me an Army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war.
GEORGE S. PATTONA pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
GEORGE S. PATTONOfficers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
GEORGE S. PATTONLead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
GEORGE S. PATTONThere is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
GEORGE S. PATTONSuccess is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
GEORGE S. PATTONA good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
GEORGE S. PATTONBattle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.
GEORGE S. PATTON