312 Quotes by George S. Patton

When you were younger, the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired. You've always got to make the mind take over and keep going.

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country

A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.

One does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit the plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

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