Quotes from George S. Patton

I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.

The leader must be an actor.

No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.

Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.

War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness. George S. Patton Jr.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

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.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon — it won't work and you can't fire it.

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

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.

If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

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

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.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.