There is required for the composition of a great commander not only massive common sense and reasoning power, not only imagination, but also an element of legerdemain, an original and sinister touch, which leaves the enemy puzzled as well as beaten.

In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.

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

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past.

The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.