Quotes from George S. Patton


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    Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

    Courage | Face | Educated


    Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

    War | Lost | Hell


    Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

    Chance | Risks | Rash


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

    Cynical | Watch | Discover


    You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

    Motivational | Goals | Reach


    Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

    Courage | Fear | Holding


    Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

    Surprise | Results


    Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

    Learning | Unknown | Past


    A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

    War | Blood | Sweat


    There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

    Discipline | Perfect | Sort


    There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

    Time | Fear | Listen


    Battle is an orgy of disorder.

    Battle | Disorder


    Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

    Fight


    All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

    Successful | Prima | Treated


    Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

    Wisdom | Ingenuity | Surprise


    Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

    Time | Manner


    Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

    History | Love | Battle


    Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

    Motivational | Accept


    Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

    Attack | Nobody | Defended


    A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

    Military | Front | Spaghetti


       

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