Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.
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
Arms
Military
Bearing
Citizenship
Obligation
Soldier
Privilege
Army
Highest
More quotes by George S. Patton
Close the playand keep the store open nights.
George S. Patton
My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
George S. Patton
I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.
George S. Patton
Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
George S. Patton
When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.
George S. Patton
Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. Always do more than is required of you. If a man has done his best, what else is there?
George S. Patton
I am the best damn ass-kicker in the whole U.S. Army!
George S. Patton
...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
When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
George S. Patton
Take calculated risks.
George S. Patton
If a man does his best, what else is there?
George S. Patton
You fight like you train.
George S. Patton
A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
George S. Patton
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
George S. Patton
In case of doubt, attack.
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
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!
George S. Patton
Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?
George S. Patton
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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
