Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them.

The difference between mere management and leadership is communication.

You see these dictators up on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. They're afraid of words and thought. ... They make frantic efforts to bar our thoughts and words. ... A state of society where men may not speak their mind - where children denounce their parents to the police - where a businessman or small shopkeeper ruins his competitor by telling tales about his private opinion. Such a state of society cannot long endure if it is continually in contact with the healthy outside world.

Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.

To secure your historical standing, be sure you are the first to write about it.