George S. Patton

Quotes

• “Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes...”
• “The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to eve...”
• “If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man....”
• “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...”
• “Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.”
• “If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.”
• “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
• “You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.”
• “Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.”
• “Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.”
• “Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
• “Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.”
• “Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.”
• “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”
• “If a man does his best, what else is there?”
• “A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.”
• “Battle is an orgy of disorder.”