George S. Patton

My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.

George S. Patton

My men don’t dig foxholes. I don’t want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don’t give the enemy time to dig one either.

George S. Patton

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.

George S. Patton

Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.

George S. Patton

Never let the enemy pick the battle site.

George S. Patton

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

George S. Patton

No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.

George S. Patton

No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.

George S. Patton

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

George S. Patton

Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.

George S. Patton