George S. Patton
George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr.was a senior officer of the United States Army, who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth11 November 1885
CountryUnited States of America
country military patriotic
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?
country men safety
The duties of an officer are the safety, honor, and welfare of your country first; the honor, welfare, and comfort of the men in your command second; and the officer s own ease, comfort, and safety last.
country military war
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
country war men
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.
country real men
A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.
country military army
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
country pride self-confidence
...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.
country military war
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
send
I have pissed in the Rhine, now send me gas!
best man
If man does his best what else is there?
successful
There is no such thing as a successful defence.
people surprise
Don't tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
good perfect plan rather today weeks
I would rather have a good plan today than a perfect plan two weeks from now.
accept challenges
Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.