George S. Patton Jr. Quotes

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

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

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

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country

Pressure makes diamonds

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

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.

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

Live for something rather than die for nothing.

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

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

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

The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more. ... George S. Patton

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

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

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

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.