If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time. George S. Patton More Quotes by George S. Patton More Quotes From George S. Patton 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 essence fear men Let's shoot the works and win! Yes win it all. George S. Patton winning Success is not getting to the top - but how you bounce up from the bottom that counts. George S. Patton bounce bottom Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet George S. Patton coward feet thinking Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little. George S. Patton military war ideas Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans. George S. Patton fit successful trying I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards - You name them; I'll shoot them! George S. Patton effort military names For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting. George S. Patton horse war children Take calculated risks. George S. Patton calculated-risk risk military I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did. George S. Patton artillery military war Prisoner of War guard companies, or an equivalent organization, should be as far forward as possible in action to take over prisoners of war, because troops heated with battle are not safe custodians. Any attempt to rob or loot prisoners of war by escorts must be dealt strictly with. George S. Patton organization military war When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. George S. Patton giving men dirty A man must know his destiny. George S. Patton fork-in-the-road destiny men The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare. George S. Patton fighting military war Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps? George S. Patton battle rain night The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good. The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible. So far I have been able to accomplish that, and I believe I have gotten quite a reputation from not kicking at peculiar assignments. George S. Patton army done believe If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead. George S. Patton military ifs winning In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them, and make them right. George S. Patton encouraging responsibility believe Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching George S. Patton real hero liars Battle... brings out all that is best. George S. Patton bad-ass indulge-in competition
