Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.

Promptly improve your accidents.

I made all my generals out of mud.

Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.