312 Quotes by George S. Patton

All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.

Sometimes I think your life and mine are under the protection of some supreme being or fate , because, after many years of parallel thought, we find ourselves in the positions we now occupy.

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?

I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.

Success is not getting to the top - but how you bounce up from the bottom that counts.

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.