May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
GEORGE S. PATTONMay God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
GEORGE S. PATTONNo good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
GEORGE S. PATTONMany soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
GEORGE S. PATTONCourage is fear holding on a minute longer.
GEORGE S. PATTONWar is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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. PATTONWars 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.
GEORGE S. PATTONThere is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
GEORGE S. PATTONBetter to fight for something than live for nothing.
GEORGE S. PATTONOfficers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
GEORGE S. PATTONAccept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
GEORGE S. PATTONI don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
GEORGE S. PATTONThroughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
GEORGE S. PATTONTo be a successful soldier, you must know history.
GEORGE S. PATTONA piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
GEORGE S. PATTONWar is the only place where a man lives.
GEORGE S. PATTON