George S. Patton
George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr.was a senior officer of the United States Army, who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth11 November 1885
CountryUnited States of America
war golden golden-rule
Success in war depends upon the golden rule of war.
inspirational veterans-day military
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
mean truth-comes-out craters
Say what you mean and mean what you say.
army fighting men
My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
men risk measure-of-a-man
The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.
army personal-opinions years
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.
war military bottom
Success is how you bounce on the bottom.
fighting like-you train
You fight like you train.
motivational leadership army
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
military winning ifs
If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.
way hell dies
This is a hell of a way to die.
suicide military moving
Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example
encouraging believe responsibility
In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them, and make them right.
night stores
Close the playand keep the store open nights.