George Smith Patton Quotes:- George Smith Patton (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945), KCB was a general of the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Inspirational George Smith Patton Quotes
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”-George Smith Patton
“The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!”-George Smith Patton
“The battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid of battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.”-George Smith Patton
“There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.”-George Smith Patton
“If a man does his best, what else is there?”-George Smith Patton
“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.”-George Smith Patton
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”-George Smith Patton
“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”-George Smith Patton
Famous George Smith Patton Quotes
“Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.”-George Smith Patton
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”-George Smith Patton
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”-George Smith Patton
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”-George Smith Patton
“A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.”-George Smith Patton
“Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn’t give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.”-George Smith Patton
“If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.”-George Smith Patton
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”-George Smith Patton
“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”-George Smith Patton
“Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.”-George Smith Patton
“Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.”-George Smith Patton
“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”-George Smith Patton
Best George Smith Patton Quotes
“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.”-George Smith Patton
“Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.”-George Smith Patton
“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.”-George Smith Patton
“The battle is an orgy of disorder.”-George Smith Patton
“A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.”-George Smith Patton
“All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.”-George Smith Patton
“Always do everything you ask of those you command.”-George Smith Patton
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”-George Smith Patton
“If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.”-George Smith Patton
“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.”-George Smith Patton
“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”-George Smith Patton
