George S. Patton Quotes
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A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.
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The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Sometimes I think your life and mine are under the protection of some supreme being or fate, because, after many years of parallel thought, we find ourselves in the positions we now occupy.
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I find that moral courage is the most valuable and most usually absent characteristic.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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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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There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying.
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It is rather interesting how you get used to death.
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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.
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Few men are killed by bayonets, but many are scared by them. Having the bayonet fixed makes our men want to close. Only the threat to close will defeat a determined enemy.
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It is a popular idea that a man is a hero just because he was killed in action. Rather, I think, a man is frequently a fool when he gets killed.