Will Patton Quotes

There is no such thing as a successful defense.

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

If a person wants to be atheistic it's his God-given right to be an atheist.

There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying.

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

The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.

Quantitative methods are no more synonymous with objectivity than qualitative methods are synonymous with subjectivity.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.

We just wanna be the happy bums that we are. That's all.

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

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.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.

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

Always advance. Never dig in.

There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.

Perpetual peace is a futile dream.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.

In war nothing is impossible, provided you use audacity.

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

Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example

If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.

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

You fight like you train.

A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.

I want to experience as many different tastes, sights, emotions, conflicts, and cultures as possible, so that I can expand the canvas of my memory and enrich my comedy.

You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.

I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck.

Is it bad when you refer to all alcohol as "Pain Go Bye-Bye Juice"?

The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.

War is simple, direct, and ruthless.

Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be.

Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.

continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness. George S. Patton Jr.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

That's one of the great things about touring. It makes you machinelike in a way that you can re-create this music not only in the right way but even better than when it was conceived.

My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.

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.

A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.

In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.

War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.

It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance.