George S. Patton1885–1945The quotations of
George S. Patton
United States Army general
1885–1945
28 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Leadership and Fear.
A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.
It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance.
It is the unconquerable nature of man and not the nature of the weapon he uses that ensures victory.
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula.
- War As I Knew It (1947)
