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General George S. Patton Quotes

«If a man has done his best, what else is there?»
«A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.»
«There is no such thing as a successful defence.»
«The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!»
«It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.»
«If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?»
«Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired - morning, noon, and night. But the body is never t»
«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.»
«I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.»

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