War Quotes by George S. Patton

Battle... brings out all that is best.

— George S. Patton

Success is how you bounce on the bottom.

— George S. Patton

Never let the enemy pick the battle site.

— George S. Patton

War is simple, direct, and ruthless.

— George S. Patton

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

— George S. Patton

The god of war hates those who hesitate.

— George S. Patton

The leader must be an actor.

— George S. Patton

The soldier is the army.

— George S. Patton

No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.

— George S. Patton

In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised

— George S. Patton

Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.

— George S. Patton

By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.

— George S. Patton

Most battles are won before they are ever fought.

— George S. Patton

Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.

— George S. Patton

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

— George S. Patton

If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.

— George S. Patton

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

— George S. Patton

“The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any…

— George S. Patton

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

— George S. Patton

Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of…

— George S. Patton

Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to…

— George S. Patton

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

— George S. Patton

War is very simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage war.

— George S. Patton

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

— George S. Patton

Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they…

— George S. Patton

An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry…

— George S. Patton

To be a successful soldier you must know history. . . . What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change…

— George S. Patton

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to…

— George S. Patton

Sir, I am not a brave man...The truth is, I am an utter craven coward. I have never been within the sound…

— George S. Patton

“Now if you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run…

— George S. Patton

I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror…

— George S. Patton

Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don't want yellow cowards in…

— George S. Patton

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run…

— George S. Patton

In landing operations, retreat is impossible, to surrender is as ignoble as it is foolish. above all else remember that we as…

— George S. Patton

Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock…

— George S. Patton

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

— George S. Patton

Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.

— George S. Patton

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

— George S. Patton

I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.

— George S. Patton

War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula

— George S. Patton