George S. Patton Quotes

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Give 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. Patton

War, Army, Winning

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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

George S. Patton

Motivational, Business, Military

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

George S. Patton

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

George S. Patton

Country, Military, War

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.

George S. Patton

Trying, Urban, Planning

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Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle.Pray for the defeat of our wicked enemy whose banner is injustice and whose good is oppression. Pray for victory. Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace. We must march together, all out for God.

George S. Patton

Military, Rain, Army

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

George S. Patton

Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

"War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

George S. Patton

Strength, Peace, War

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

George S. Patton

Struggle, Fighting

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

George S. Patton

Sympathy, Death, Wisdom

Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 07, 1945. "Patton, ordeal and triumph". Book by Ladislas Farago, 1963.

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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

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

George S. Patton

Determination, People, Goal

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A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

George S. Patton

Fire, Government, Broken

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When there is fear of failure, there will be failure.

George S. Patton

Fear Of Failure

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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

George S. Patton

Inspirational, Business, Military

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When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can't run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag. As for the types of comments I make, sometimes I just, By God, get carried away with my own eloquence.

George S. Patton

Running, Nice, Party

"General Patton's Address to the Troops". "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

George S. Patton

Military, Army, Soldier

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Fear kills more people than death.

George S. Patton

Motivational, People

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The most difficult thing about being humble is not being able to brag about it.

George S. Patton

Humble, Able, Difficult

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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.

George S. Patton

Discipline, Undisciplined, Great Things

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To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing.

George S. Patton

Teaching, Years, Islam

"War as I Knew it". Book by George S. Patton. Part 1, Chapter 1, 1947.

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Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles

George S. Patton

War, Fighting, Battle

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

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Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.

George S. Patton

Running, Giving Up, Mind

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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

George S. Patton

Leadership, Military, Bad Ass

"Pocket Patriot: Quotes from American Heroes". Book edited by Kelly Nickell, p. 157, 2005.

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Born: November 11, 1885
Died: December 21, 1945
Occupation: Military Commander
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