George S. Patton Quotes

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel.

I'm a rather decisive type.

I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it.

Men of action usually win - that is one of their distinctive features.

I'm just 'bout that action boss.

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

In politics, guts is all.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

If I read something great and I want to go after it, I go after it. You don't wait to see what Hollywood wants to do with you. You decide what you want to do. I don't mind fighting when I really want something.

You must ... communicate your passion to others and act accordingly, without hesitation when your decision is once made.

Always be prudent but never hesitant.

Nice guys do not change the world, Hard headed guys do.

When it comes to making tough decisions, I'm ready to make them.

I pride myself on being someone who stomps, who does not tippy-toe.

I was headstrong.

I am a tough minister.

Be bold - there's enough Neville Chamberlains in the world; be a Winston Churchill, for crying out loud!

I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

It's hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.

A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.

A practical girl never pines; she takes action.

Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could recognize a revolutionary situation when he saw one, and he could act fast and ruthlessly to meet it.

My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.