George S Patton on Business Quotes

"Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man."

"An army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individual hero stuff is a bunch of crap."

"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men."

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."

"The test of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of challenge."

"Everything is a matter of luck, but I believe in making my own luck."

"A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances."

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."

"The most vital quality a soldier can possess is a spirit of offensive."

"The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision."

"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge."

"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."

"It is only by doing things that you can see if they work."

"Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men."

"By perseverance, study, and eternal vigilance, any man may become a giant of his profession."

"In case of doubt, attack."

"If you are going to win, you must be the first to start."

"There is only one type of discipline: perfect discipline."

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."

"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."

"No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike."

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

"You must be willing to take chances."

"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't."

"Fatigue makes cowards of us all."

"There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."

"Watch what people are doing, not what they are saying."

"It is the unconquerable soul of man and not the nature of the weapon he uses which insures victory."

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

"Pressure makes diamonds."

"Lead from the front."