War as I Knew It Quotes

“Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”
― George S. Patton Jr., War as I Knew It

“continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.”
― George S. Patton Jr., War as I Knew It

“Just as I was leaving the hospital, I saw a soldier sitting on a box near the dressing station. I stopped and said to him, “What is the matter with you, boy?” He said, “Nothing; I just can’t take it.” I asked what he meant. He said, “I just can’t take being shot at.” I said, “You mean that you are malingering here?” He burst  into  tears and I immediately saw that he was an hysterical case.   I, therefore, slapped him across the face with my glove and told him to get up, join his unit, and make a man  of himself, which he did. Actually, at the time he was absent without leave.”
― George S. Patton Jr., War As I Knew It

“The greatest weapon against the so-called “battle fatigue” is ridicule.”
― George S. Patton Jr., War As I Knew It

“We then went to the swimming pool which is beyond the reception room. This was the finest pool I had ever seen, with red-and-green submerged lights, and a diving board in polished duraluminium.”
― George S. Patton Jr., War as I Knew It

“To be a good soldier a man must have discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and in his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to his comrades and to his superiors, and self-confidence bom of demonstrated ability.”
― George S. Patton Jr., War As I Knew It

“We took over the so-called Royal Palace for a Headquarters and had it cleaned by prisoners for the first time since the Greek Occupation.”
― George S. Patton, War As I Knew It

“Just finished reading the Koran—a good book and interesting.”
― George S. Patton, War As I Knew It