Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to fit the whim of the moment. Day by day we become what we do. This is the supreme law and logic of life.

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

We write our own destiny ...we become what we do.

Give me fifty DC-3's and the Japanese can have the Burma Road.

You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources of the nation. Not only soldiers, but also all citizens without exception, take part.

China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.

The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation.