You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.

We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.

I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.