Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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George S. Patton (1885–1945) was a highly influential United States Army general during World War II, known for his bold and aggressive leadership style. He is remembered for his successful campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, and Europe, as well as for his strategic brilliance and fearlessness on the battlefield.
1885–1945·lived 60 years
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
Success is just how high you bounce after you've hit the bottom.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.The Patton Papers, 1940-1945, 1974
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline. George S.War as I Knew It, p. 123, 1995
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. George S.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.The Patton Papers, 1940-1945, 1996
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.War As I Knew It, p. 333, 1947
That’s all 13 quotes by George S. Patton.