FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Quotes from Gen. Patton ~ Aug. 6, 2007

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Famous quotes of
Gen. George S. Patton

           

 

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

“A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.”

"America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.”

“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.”

“By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.”

“Do everything you ask of those you command.”

“Do more than is required of you.”

“Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity.”

“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.”

“I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.”

“I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”

“If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.”

“In case of doubt, attack.”

“It’s the unconquerable soul of man, not the nature of the weapon he uses, that insures victory.”

“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. ”

“Live for something rather than die for nothing.”

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

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

“Never let the enemy pick the battle site.”

“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”

“Say what you mean and mean what you say.”

“Success is how you bounce on the bottom.”

“The leader must be an actor."

“The soldier is the army.”

“There is only one type of discipline, perfect discipline.”

“War is simple, direct, and ruthless.”

“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.”

“You’re never beaten until you admit it.”

“You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.”

 

 

"Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tire, more hungry. Keep punching."

"In landing operations, retreat is impossible, to surrender is as ignoble as it is foolish… above all else remember that we as attackers have the initiative, we know exactly what we are going to do, while the enemy is ignorant of our intentions and can only parry our blows. We must retain this tremendous advantage by always attacking rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, and without rest."

"An Army is a team; lives, sleeps, eats, fights as a team. This individual heroic stuff is a lot of crap."

"War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity."

"No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage."

"A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it."

"In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it."

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

"Wars might be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who leads that gains the victory."

"… many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men."

"Tanks are new and special weapon-newer than, as special, and certainly as valuable as the airplane."

"An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry means undue eminence in the perspective of our minds; for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war."

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

"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."

"Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little."

 

 

THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY
by Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

Through the travail of the ages,
Midst the pomp and toil of war,
Have I fought and strove and perished
Countless times upon this star.

In the form of many people
In all panoplies of time
Have I seen the luring vision
Of the Victory Maid, sublime.

I have battled for fresh mammoth,
I have warred for pastures new,
I have listed to the whispers
When the race trek instinct grew.

I have known the call to battle
In each changeless changing shape
From the high souled voice of conscience
To the beastly lust for rape.

I have sinned and I have suffered,
Played the hero and the knave;
Fought for belly, shame, or country,
And for each have found a grave.

I cannot name my battles
For the visions are not clear,
Yet, I see the twisted faces
And I feel the rending spear.

Perhaps I stabbed our Savior
In His sacred helpless side.
Yet, I've called His name in blessing
When after times I died.

In the dimness of the shadows
Where we hairy heathens warred,
I can taste in thought the lifeblood;
We used teeth before the sword.

While in later clearer vision
I can sense the coppery sweat,
Feel the pikes grow wet and slippery
When our Phalanx, Cyrus met.

Hear the rattle of the harness
Where the Persian darts bounced clear,
See their chariots wheel in panic
From the Hoplite's leveled spear.

See the goal grow monthly longer,
Reaching for the walls of Tyre.
Hear the crash of tons of granite,
Smell the quenchless eastern fire.

Still more clearly as a Roman,
Can I see the Legion close,
As our third rank moved in forward
And the short sword found our foes.

Once again I feel the anguish
Of that blistering treeless plain
When the Parthian showered death bolts,
And our discipline was in vain.

I remember all the suffering
Of those arrows in my neck.
Yet, I stabbed a grinning savage
As I died upon my back.

Once again I smell the heat sparks
When my Flemish plate gave way
And the lance ripped through my entrails
As on Crecy's field I lay.

In the windless, blinding stillness
Of the glittering tropic sea
I can see the bubbles rising
Where we set the captives free.

Midst the spume of half a tempest
I have heard the bulwarks go
When the crashing, point blank round shot
Sent destruction to our foe.

I have fought with gun and cutlass
On the red and slippery deck
With all Hell aflame within me
And a rope around my neck.

And still later as a General
Have I galloped with Murat
When we laughed at death and numbers
Trusting in the Emperor's Star.

Till at last our star faded,
And we shouted to our doom
Where the sunken road of Ohein
Closed us in it's quivering gloom.

So but now with Tanks a'clatter
Have I waddled on the foe
Belching death at twenty paces,
By the star shell's ghastly glow.

So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

And I see not in my blindness
What the objects were I wrought,
But as God rules o'er our bickerings
It was through His will I fought.

So forever in the future,
Shall I battle as of yore,
Dying to be born a fighter,
But to die again, once more.

 

All info gathered here.

 

[MEG33]

*HUGS*Uneventful.. I started the pruning on Saturday and finished this morning early..I found an old birdnest..with one tiny egg in it..The nest was all black with age and old leaves filled it so I did not recognize it at first..Of course I kept it..I finally threw away another empty nest I had found years ago in a limb that tree trimmers had pruned.

[MEG33]

Great thread, Star..Thank you!

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[MEG33]

I got out before 8 this morning..It’s summertime in Texas!

[stand watie]

HI, Everyone.

i talked to several "recently returned GIs" at the Berryville Hamfest yesterday.

based on their "on the ground" comments, one has reason to wonder WHAT self-serving/arrogant/sanctimonious LIES the main-SLIME media will tell this fall, when the "word" gets out that we are WINNING the war in Iraq??? (inasmuch as the main-SLIME media ROUTINELY lies, i'm sure they'll come up with SOMETHING to try & extricate themselves from the "web of lies" that they've spun ever since the war began!)

one of the guys, an SSG/MP from WVA told me that they are having MANY Iraqis "turning in" the FOREIGN TERRORISTS, to Iraqi & US forces.

the "turned in" terrorists then SOON get KILLED or captured! (fyi, there is a FINITE number of foreign terrorists, who are willing to go to Iraq to get KILLED, without "accomplishing anything", other than "assuming room temperature". most people in the world PREFER being ALIVE!)

free dixie,sw

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I’ve been meaning to tell you for awhile, that we have a Peregrine Falcon nesting in one of the Wolf Pines here.
I feel very blessed about that!
Ms.B

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Meg
The weekend went fast. I didn’t get much done here. Neat, What color was the egg? I have to check...there was a Robins nest in a tree but they didn’t use it. I should see if it’s still there and keep it. :)

[Arrowhead1952]

Yes, it finally got here. I did like the cooler temps, but will have to deal with the heat now.

[Arrowhead1952]

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[stand watie]

check out my #145.(i'm too lazy to retype it.)

see you 9/15/7, in DC! EAGLES UP!

free dixie,sw

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, beachy, to you and your laptop...((HUGS))...hope you get your computer working again. I feel your pain.

[MEG33]

It looked white with brown specks ..I must go out to the garage later and really look closely..The nest is small and well made once I got the excess leaves away from it..I am going to measure the egg and hunt to see if I can find the bird who made it..One egg was cracked.I need to “clean up” the nest before I bring it in.
I just turned on the laptop in my bed..My back is complaining that I abused it this morning.

Now I can admit that it is nice to be able to rest my back and still be on the computer..I was a reluctant laptop buyer.

[do the dhue]

Great post and I will see you there!

[MEG33]

Blessed indeed..I have seen your wonderful picture..What great bird watching!
I have twice seen a lovely hawk this past week..My first one here at my house. I think it was a juvenile red tailed..but can’t be sure.

[GodBlessUSA]

I hope your back feels better (((Meg))). Rest today if you can.

I’m looking.. I found house sparrow but they make messy nests and you said it was well made. Hmm... Maybe a Chickadee. Did the egg size seem small enough for the nest or did it appear kinda larger for that nest? I’m reading about nests and eggs now. Very interesting reading :) This is fun to me. Do you recognize material nest is made out of? Any moss?

[SevenofNine]

OH Lordy this for Tomkow report off Brit FT that Tomkow fav restaurant HOOTERS restaurant coming to Dubrai VERY SOONNNNN report is that Govt going allow Hooter come to town OH LORDY

I don’t know what they serve Dubai be honest Tomkow meat is not allow

Also antoher report off Kydto news wire report that gun fire was exchange on DMZ zone near South and North Korea last night

[MEG33]

I just cracked the egg..it was cracked on the bottom..but it is barely intact on the front..I was trying to measure..and dare not pick it up again..Less than an inch long is as close as I can guess.The egg is gray or beige with medium and dark brown spots.The nest inner circle is 3 inches across.very small stems woven inside some grass it seems woven at the bottom..I am going to get tweezers to remove the rest of the leaves at the bottom..carefully..I don’t want to move the egg again!..I saw a tendril on the outside..like a vine stem and the nandina berry stems are used..There is a nandina hedge nearby..Could it be a house finch..I have chickadees, titmice and house finches all year..I see Carolina wrens very seldom now..but I used to see one often years ago.

It’s old and brittle..The outside of the nest is messy and the nandina stems loose..but the inside is well preserved. I see leaf lining on the outside..and a scrap of clear plastic..

[Sonora]