A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
- George S. Patton Quote

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
- George S. Patton Quote

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
- George S. Patton Quote

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
- George S. Patton Quote

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.
- George S. Patton Quote

Battle is an orgy of disorder.
- George S. Patton Quote

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.
- George S. Patton Quote

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
- George S. Patton Quote

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
- George S. Patton Quote

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
- George S. Patton Quote

If a man does his best, what else is there?
- George S. Patton Quote

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.
- George S. Patton Quote

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.
- George S. Patton Quote

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.
- George S. Patton Quote

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
- George S. Patton Quote

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton Quote

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
- George S. Patton Quote

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
- George S. Patton Quote

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!
- George S. Patton Quote

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
- George S. Patton Quote

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
- George S. Patton Quote

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.
- George S. Patton Quote

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
- George S. Patton Quote

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
- George S. Patton Quote