"I have not made any arrogant, confident, boasting predictions at all. On the contrary, I have stuck hard to my "blood, toil, tears and sweat," to which I have added muddle and mismanagement, and that, to some extend I must admit, is what you have got out of it."

We Shall come through! We cannot tell when, we cannot tell how, but we shall come through.

The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.

Unpunctuality is a vile habit.

Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.

I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional.

Life is a test and this world a place of trial.