Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Never surrender; continue fighting even when injured.
In plain terms
Soldiers under my command do not surrender unless hit.
What can you take from it?
Keep fighting and resist capture at all costs.

Where it applies

  • crisis management
  • negotiations
  • personal integrity

Putting it to work

  • stand firm
  • plan fallback
  • commit to mission

Questions to consider

  • When is surrender appropriate?
  • What would you do instead?

Another view

Survival and tactical retreat are sometimes wiser.

More from George S. Patton

  1. We have the finest food, the finest equipment, the best spirit, and the best men in the world. Why, by God, I actually pity those poor sons-of-bitches we're go…

    Permalink to quote #18
  2. All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters, either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don't ever let up. Don't ever think that yo…

    Permalink to quote #20
  3. An Army is a team. It lives, sleeps, eats, and fights as a team. This individual heroic stuff is pure horse shit. The bilious bastards who write that kind of s…

    Permalink to quote #17

Related quotes

  1. Whither are we fleeing, my most valiant men? Do you not know that flight never leads to safety, but shows the folly of a useless effort? Let us return to our c…

    JulianJulian quote #1
  2. I was carrying out my duty, as the Japanese high commander of the Japanese Army in the Philippine Islands, to control my army with the best of my ability durin…

    Tomoyuki YamashitaTomoyuki Yamashita quote #1
  3. The Sixth Army, true to their oath and conscious of the lofty importance of their mission, have held their position to the last man and the last round for Fuhr…

    Friedrich PaulusFriedrich Paulus quote #2