George S. Patton Quotes

“All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters, either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don't ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.”

“Duty is the essence of manhood.”

“Fatigue makes cowards of all of us.”

“Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are, and probably more so. They are not supermen.”

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”

“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

“Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.”

“Always do more than is required of you.”

“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”

“Leadership is the thing that wins battles.”

“Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence.”

“There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying.”

“Use steamroller strategy; that is, make up your mind on the course and direction of action, and stick to it.”

“In war the only sure defence is offence, and the efficiency of the offence depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.”

“Nobody ever defended anything successfully; there is only attack and attack and attack some more.”

“Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.”

“Weapons change, but man who uses them changes not at all.”

“It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye, not the point of the questing bayonet, that breaks the line.”

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

“A man must know his destiny. If he does not recognise it, then he is lost.”

“I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

“Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser.”

“We have the finest food, the finest equipment, the best spirit, and the best men in the world.”

“Sometimes I think your life and mine are under the protection of some supreme being or fate.”

“There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be.”