It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

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

I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, I was sure I should not fail.

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

The British people are good all through. You can test them as you would put a bucket into the sea and always find it salt.