Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
George S. Patton
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
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
Disappointment
Road
Future
Often
Great
Encountered
Life
Disappointments
Successes
Proved
More quotes by George S. Patton
The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.
George S. Patton
Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.
George S. Patton
Death can be more exciting than life.
George S. Patton
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
George S. Patton
There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.
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
Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
George S. Patton
You must do your damdest and win.
George S. Patton
To conquer, we must destroy our enemies. We must not only die gallantly we must kill devastatingly. The faster and more effectively you kill, the longer you will live to enjoy the priceless fame of conquerors.
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 means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.
George S. Patton
I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
George S. Patton
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
George S. Patton
War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
George S. Patton
continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.
George S. Patton
If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!
George S. Patton
By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
George S. Patton
To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing.
George S. Patton
Always do more than is required of you.
George S. Patton
You fight like you train.
George S. Patton
Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
George S. Patton
