The leader's role is to define reality, then give hope

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.