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. - George S. Patton Jr.
Live for something rather than die for nothing. - George S. Patton Jr.
The 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. Patton Jr.
The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more. ... George S. Patton - George S. Patton Jr.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom - George S. Patton Jr.
Un bon projet exécuté tout de suite vaut mieux qu'un excellent projet exécuté la semaine prochaine. - George S. Patton Jr.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived. - George S. Patton Jr.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. - George S. Patton Jr.
May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't. - George S. Patton Jr.
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body. - George S. Patton Jr.
Pressure makes diamonds - George S. Patton Jr.
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. - George S. Patton Jr.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future. - George S. Patton Jr.
Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition. - George S. Patton Jr.
I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you? - George S. Patton Jr.
No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country. - George S. Patton Jr.
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. - George S. Patton Jr.