Faron > Faron's Quotes

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“When in doubt, ATTACK!”
― George S. Patton

“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“Pressure makes diamonds”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood”
― George S. Patton

“I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom”
― General George S. Patton

“Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.”
― George S. Patton Jr., The Patton principles

“I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, ‘Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. ... You can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son of a Goddamned Bitch named Georgie Patton.”
― George S. Patton

“Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet”
― George S. Patton Jr.