George S. Patton Quotes

• I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

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• Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

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• Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

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• Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

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• 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 in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

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• Battle is an orgy of disorder.

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• 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.

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• Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

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• Always do everything you ask of those you command.

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• All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

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• Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

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• A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

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

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

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

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• You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

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

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• A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood

   

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• Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

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• 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?

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George S. Patton (41)

Birth:	11th November, 1885
Death:	21st December, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Army Officer

About

George Smith Patton, Jr. was born in San Gabriel, California, USA. He was an American senior army officer who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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