Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLEYou’ll live. Only the best get killed.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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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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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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