George S Patton on Business Quotes

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

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

"I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"You must be willing to take chances."

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

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

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

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

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

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

"Lead from the front."

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

"In case of doubt, attack."

"Fatigue makes cowards of us all."

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

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

"Pressure makes diamonds."

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

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

"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."

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

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

"Always do more than is required of you."

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

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