Catherine Simmons > Catherine's Quotes

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
― George S. Patton

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

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

“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.”
― George S. Patton

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

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

“Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he s not he s a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.

Some men get over their fright in a minute under fire. For some it takes an hour. For some it takes days. But a real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor his sense of duty to his country and his innate manhood.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“If a man does his best, what else is there?”
― George S. Patton

“Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

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

“Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book! ”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“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.

“Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”
― 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

“Always do more than is required of you.”
― George Patton

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

“Son, only a pimp in a Louisiana whore- house carries pearl-handled revolvers. These are ivory.”
― George S. Patton Jr.