Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
CHARLES DE GAULLEDifficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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