Quotes by George S. Patton

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

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"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."

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

"The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

"Always do everything you ask of those you command."

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."

"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."

"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."

"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 fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!"

"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

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