George S. Patton Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
More George S. Patton quote about:
- Army,
- Bravery,
- Business,
- Challenges,
- Competition,
- Country,
- Courage,
- Decisions,
- Defeat,
- Destiny,
- Determination,
- Discipline,
- Doubt,
- Duty,
- Dying,
- Enemies,
- Fear,
- Fighting,
- Giving,
- Goals,
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“I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”
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“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”
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“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
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“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”
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“A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.”
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“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”
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“The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country”
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“...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.”
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“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.”
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“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
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“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
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“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.”
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“If a man does his best, what else is there?”
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“A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.”
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“I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.”
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“All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.”
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“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”
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“An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.”
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“Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.”
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“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
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“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
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“A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.”
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“Take not counsel of your fears”
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“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.”
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“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.”
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“The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.”
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“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.”
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“Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.”
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“There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.”
-- George S. Patton