Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.