“One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves; one must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.”

I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.

Imagination governs the world.

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

The only victory over love is flight.

just can’t sit back and wallow, in my own sorrow, but I know one fact: I’ll be one tough act to follow.

When I’m good I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.

I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened.

The change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions.

Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.

I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do in my life, seriously

You become what you think about.

It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.