Only changes in mindsets can extend the frontiers of the possible.

Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.

And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.

There must not be lacking in our leadership something of that spirit of the Austrian corporal who, when all had fallen into ruins around him, and when Germany seemed to have fallen into chaos, did not hesitate to march forth against the vast army of victorious nations and has already turned the tables decisively against them.

How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end of every term, when I should return home.

There is a hush over all Europe, nay, over all the world. Alas! it is the hush of suspense, and in many lands it is the hush of fear. Listen! No, listen carefully, I think I hear somethingyes, there it was quite clear. Dont you hear it? It is the tramp of armies crunching the gravel of the paradegrounds, splashing through rain-soaked fields, the tramp of two million German soldiers and more than a million Italiansgoing on maneuversyes, only on maneuvers!