Quotes by George S. Patton

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

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

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 that gains the victory.

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. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

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

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

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.