George S. Patton Quotes

You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you seen a few policemen handle a crowd?

All through your Army careers, you men have bitched about what you call "chicken shit drilling". That, like everything else in this Army, has a definite purpose. That purpose is alertness. Alertness must be bred into every soldier. I don't give a fuck for a man who's not always on his toes. You men are veterans or you wouldn't be here. You are ready for what's to come.

The greatest weapon against the so-called “battle fatigue” is ridicule.

A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.

Through the travail of the ages, Midst the pomp and toil of war, Have I fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star. <p> In the form of many people In all panoplies of time Have I seen the luring vision Of the Victory Maid, sublime.

"It is sad and shocking to think that victory and the lives of thousands of men are pawns to the "fear of They," and the writings of a group of unprincipled reporters, and weak-kneed congressmen."

Of all the many talks I had in Washington, none gave me such pleasure as that with you. There were two reasons for this. In the first place, you are about my oldest friend. In the second place, your self-assurance and to me, at least, demonstrated ability, give me a great feeling of confidence about the future … and I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards — "You name them; I'll shoot them!"

We took over the so-called Royal Palace for a Headquarters and had it cleaned by prisoners for the first time since the Greek Occupation.

We're not just going to shoot the bastards, we're going to rip out their living goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.

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

Just finished reading the Koran — a good book and interesting.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

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