Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war.
To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation
I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.
Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.
When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.
I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.
A true man hates no one.
Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
The leader's role is to define reality, then give hope
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Act swiftly and vigorously, without 'buts' and 'ifs'.
Lies circle the earth while Truth is still trying to put on its shoes.
A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when the person giving the order is absent from the field of operations and is imperfectly aware or wholly unaware of the latest state of affairs. It follows that any commander-in-chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forward his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of his army's downfall.
Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure.
Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found such a series of beautiful ideas and admirable maxims which pose before us like the battalions of a celestial army. . . . The soul can never go astray while it has this book for its guide.
Occupation is the scythe of time.
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