George S. Patton Quotations | Page 4

For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.

Success is not getting to the top - but how you bounce up from the bottom that counts.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. Always do more than is required of you. If a man has done his best, what else is there?

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

The courageous man is the man who forces himself, in spite of his fear, to carry on.

Remember wars are won by killing people. The more we kill, the quicker we'll get out of this war.

If I could have three wishes, one would be to take an '88 and shove that barrel up Hitler's ass so that cocksucker can cry like the little god-damned girl he is. And hell, after that, I wouldn't need two more wishes.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.