312 Quotes by George S. Patton

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

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

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

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

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do… the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.