George S. Patton Quotes

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

  George S. Patton

  Motivational, Business, Military

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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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• 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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• 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.

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  War, Army, Winning

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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.

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  Determination, People, Goal

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

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  Fear Of Failure

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

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  War, Fighting, Battle

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

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  Discipline, Undisciplined, Great Things

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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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• The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

  George S. Patton

  Military, Army, Soldier

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• The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.

  George S. Patton

  Men, Risk, Measure Of A Man

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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.

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  Loyalty, Army, Men

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

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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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• Fear kills more people than death.

  George S. Patton

  Motivational, People

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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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• I have studied the enemy all my life. I have read the memoirs of his generals and his leaders. I have even read his philosophers and listened to his music. I have studied in detail the account of every damned one of his battles. I know exactly how he will react under any given set of circumstances. And he hasn't the slightest idea of what I'm going to do. So when the time comes, I'm going to whip the hell out of him.

  George S. Patton

  Life, Ideas, Leader

  War As I Knew It (1947).

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