I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

In Success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.

... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle. It is, if anything, more exciting than fighting it successfully. But the principle is the same.

It is better to do the wrong thing that to do nothing.

When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task has been fulfilled, and that Iraq is an independent sovereign state. But this cannot be said while we are forced year after year to spend very large sums of money on helping the Iraqi government to defend itself and maintain order.

I expect you will find that change is the best kind of rest.