10 quotes by George S. Patton

10 Quotes by George S. Patton

1: “You can’t run an army without profanity”

2: “Ask them if they want me to give it back.”
-After being told not to march on Messina, already having captured it
3: “Rommel, you magnificent bastard!  I read your book!”
-Upon defeating Erwin Rommel’s forces in North Africa
4: “Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are, and probably more so.  They are not supermen.”
5: “A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.”
6: “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.”
7: “There are four hundred neatly marked graves somewhere in Sicily. All because one man went to sleep on the job. But they are German graves, because we caught the bastard asleep before they did.”
8: “A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”
9: “Just drive down that road until you get blown up.”
-Instructions to reconnaissance troops
10: “May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.”

There are many more, but I said 10!