Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary.

The Golcondas were considered incomparably the best team in Southern India ... [But] we defeated [them] by 9 goals to 3. On succeeding days we made short work of all other opponents, and established the record, never since broken, of winning a first-class tournament within fifty days of landing in India.

An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty.

The test of a people is what they can do when they're tired.

When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.