George S. Patton Quotes

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

George S. Patton

Motivational, Business, Military

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

George S. Patton

Fear Of Failure

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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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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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The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

George S. Patton

Military, Army, Soldier

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A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

George S. Patton

Military, Men, Leader

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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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There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.

George S. Patton

Loyalty, Army, Men

"War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton, 1947.

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The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.

George S. Patton

Army, Thinking, Race

Letter to Frederick Ayers on May 05, 1943. "The Patton Papers 1940-1945". Book by Martin Blumenson, p. 243, 1996.

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Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.

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War, Tired, Enemy

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Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

George S. Patton

Why Not, Keep Going

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If I could have three wishes, one would be to take an '88 and shove that barrel up Hitler's ass so that cocksucker can cry like the little god-damned girl he is. And hell, after that, I wouldn't need two more wishes.

George S. Patton

Girl, Two, Wish

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