George S. Patton Battle Quotations

In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised

Most battles are won before they are ever fought.

Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.

Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?

If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.

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

There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

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

A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.

Never let the enemy pick the battle site.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.