Quotes

“If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.” George Smith Patton

“Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.” George Smith Patton

“There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.” George Smith Patton

“If a man does his best, what else is there?” George Smith Patton

“A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.” George Smith Patton

“Battle is an orgy of disorder.” George Smith Patton

“All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.” George Smith Patton

“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.” George Smith Patton

“Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.” George Smith Patton

“There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.” George Smith Patton

“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.” George Smith Patton

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” Cesare Pavese

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” Cesare Pavese

“Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.” Cesare Pavese

“The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.” Cesare Pavese

“Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.” Cesare Pavese

“No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.” Cesare Pavese

“Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.” Cesare Pavese

“The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.” Cesare Pavese

“Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body.” Cesare Pavese

“Lessons are not given, they are taken.” Cesare Pavese

“One must look for one thing only, to find many.” Cesare Pavese

“One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better.” Cesare Pavese

“All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.” Cesare Pavese

“Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.” Cesare Pavese

“He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.” Cesare Pavese

“If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.” Cesare Pavese

“The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.” Cesare Pavese

“Love is the cheapest of religions.” Cesare Pavese

“No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.” Cesare Pavese