George S. Patton

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”

“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”

“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.”

“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...”

“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 on...”

“The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fea...”

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

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

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

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

“Battle is an orgy of disorder.”

“If a man does his best, what else is there?”

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”

“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.”

“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”

“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”

“Always do everything you ask of those you command.”

“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”

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

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