Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.

Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you read more

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the read more

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to give the roar.

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the read more

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.