312 Quotes by George S. Patton

Most battles are won before they are ever fought.

War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.

There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.

A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.

All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be.

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.

War is simple, direct, and ruthless.