One feels 'the dearth of human words, the roughness of mortal speech' in trying to describe things intangible.

I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

Difficulties are just things to overcome after all.

If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.

Loneliness is the penalty of leadership, but the man who has to make the decisions is assisted greatly if he feels that there is no uncertainty in the minds of those who follow him, and that his orders will be carried out confidently and in the expectation of success.

By endurance we conquer.