George S. Patton Jr.

Quotes

• “...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his...”
• “The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obliga...”
• “I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, s...”
• “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads th...”
• “The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more. ... George S. Patt...”
• “Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.”
• “I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom”
• “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
• “May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.”
• “Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.”
• “Live for something rather than die for nothing.”