Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLELeaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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France has no friends, only interests.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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