As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.

The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

The tools belong to the man who can use them.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.