312 Quotes by George S. Patton

We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any sense of decency or else they lost it all during their period of internment by the Germans.... My personal opinion is that no people could have sunk to the level of degradation these have reached in the short space of four years.

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.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

Success is how you bounce on the bottom.

Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

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

You fight like you train.

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

Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.