George S. Patton Quotes

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

George S. Patton

Country, Military, War

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

George S. Patton

Motivational, Business, Military

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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.

George S. Patton

Trying, Urban, Planning

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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

George S. Patton

Strength, Peace, War

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

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Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

"War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

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Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle.Pray for the defeat of our wicked enemy whose banner is injustice and whose good is oppression. Pray for victory. Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace. We must march together, all out for God.

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Military, Rain, Army

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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

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War, Army, Winning

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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

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Struggle, Fighting

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A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

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Fire, Government, Broken

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

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Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

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Sympathy, Death, Wisdom

Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 07, 1945. "Patton, ordeal and triumph". Book by Ladislas Farago, 1963.

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Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

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Determination, People, Goal

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When there is fear of failure, there will be failure.

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Fear Of Failure

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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.

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Discipline, Undisciplined, Great Things

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Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.

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War, Tired, Enemy

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Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles

George S. Patton

War, Fighting, Battle

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The most difficult thing about being humble is not being able to brag about it.

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Humble, Able, Difficult

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The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

George S. Patton

Military, Army, Soldier

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To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing.

George S. Patton

Teaching, Years, Islam

"War as I Knew it". Book by George S. Patton. Part 1, Chapter 1, 1947.

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When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can't run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag. As for the types of comments I make, sometimes I just, By God, get carried away with my own eloquence.

George S. Patton

Running, Nice, Party

"General Patton's Address to the Troops". "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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Fear kills more people than death.

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Motivational, People

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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

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Military, Division, Politics

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When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.

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Motivation, Doubt, Length

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Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.

George S. Patton

Military, War, Investing

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Born: November 11, 1885
Died: December 21, 1945
Occupation: Military Commander
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