Quote

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

George S. Patton

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
Autobiographer
Military Commander
Military Officer
Swimmer
San Gabriel
California
The Old Man
Old Blood and Guts
Bandito
General Patton
George Smith Patton
Jr.
G.S. Patton
West
Battle
Winning
Point
War
Graduates
Give
Handful
Giving
Texas
Army

More quotes by George S. Patton

Image
I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
George S. Patton
Image
Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.
George S. Patton
Image
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
George S. Patton
Image
All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.
George S. Patton
Image
In case of doubt, attack.
George S. Patton
Image
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
George S. Patton
Image
Close the playand keep the store open nights.
George S. Patton
Image
Never let the enemy pick the battle site.
George S. Patton
Image
War is simple, direct, and ruthless.
George S. Patton
Image
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
George S. Patton
Image
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.
George S. Patton
Image
My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.
George S. Patton
Image
I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
George S. Patton
Image
If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!
George S. Patton
Image
...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.
George S. Patton
Image
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.
George S. Patton
Image
Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.
George S. Patton
Image
Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.
George S. Patton
Image
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
George S. Patton
Image
Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. Patton