George S. Patton Fighting Quotations

So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

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.

You fight like you train.

I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.

Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts

The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare.

The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.

Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles

All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.