Tag: General George S. Patton

“Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles.”

George S. Patton

This one is generally applicable, not just in war.

“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”

George S. Patton

“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”

George S. Patton

“The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.”

George S. Patton

“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

George S. Patton

“When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can’t run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn’t fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag. As for the types of comments I make, sometimes I just, By God, get carried away with my own eloquence.”

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

Murphy’s Law must also apply to war.