General George Smith Patton, Jr. quotes and words of wisdom

"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."
Found in the topic Risk.

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
Found in the topic Military.

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
Found in the topic Ingenuity.

"Be willing to make decisions. That"s the most important quality in a good leader. Don"t fall victim to what I call the "ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome." You must be willing to fire."
Found in the topic Decency.

"I have studied the enemy all my life. I have read the memoirs of his generals and his leaders. I have even read his philosophers and listened to his music. I have studied in detail the account of every damned one of his battles. I know exactly how he will react under any given set of circumstances. And he hasn"t the slightest idea of what I"m going to do. So when the time comes, I"m going to whip the hell out of him."
Found in the topic Life.

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
Found in the topic Success.

"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn?t thinking."
Found in the topic Thief.

"A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow."
Found in the topic Day.

"Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle."
Found in the topic Ambition.

"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory."
Found in the topic War.

"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor bastard die for his country."
Found in the topic Patriotism.

Interesting Quotes

He who lives by the sword, will eventually be wiped out by some bastard with a sawn off shotgunSteady Eddy

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.Reinhold Niebuhr - US Protestant theologian (1892 - 1971)