“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”

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.

I start out by believing the worst

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.

It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.

There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.

The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.

All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!