George S. Patton Quotes

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness.

George S. Patton Jr.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.

We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any sense of decency or else they lost it all during their period of internment by the Germans…. My personal opinion is that no people could have sunk to the level of degradation these have reached in the short space of four years.

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

Always do more than is required of you.

Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American.

Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!

Un bon projet exécuté tout de suite vaut mieux qu'un excellent projet exécuté la semaine prochaine.

We've defeated the wrong enemy

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

I don't know what you think you're trying to do, but the krauts ought to pin a medal on you for helping them mess up discipline for us.

Si todo el mundo piensa igual es que alguien no está pensando.

Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen