Success in life is the ability to move from one mistake to another without loosing enthusiasm.

May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen? There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into the past.

Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

I'd prefer to be right than consistent.

The one who cannot see that on Earth a big endeavor is taking place, an important plan, on which realization we are allowed to collaborate as faithful servants, certainly has to be blind.