"It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory."

Fitzgerald, F. Scott on memory
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"You are male by birth, but men by choice."

Gober, Orlando on manliness   

"We can learn from history on condition that we understand it is history."

Kaplan, Roger on history   

"Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect."

neuhaus, richard john on tolerance   

"Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion."

neuhaus, richard john on religion   

"Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed"

neuhaus, richard john on orthodoxy   

"All my life I have prayed to God that I should remain religiously orthodox, culturally conservative, politically liberal and economically pragmatic."

neuhaus, richard john on orthodoxy   

"What is the good of experience if you do not reflect."

Frederick The Great, (Frederick II) on experience   

"It is true that I must run a great risk; no gallant action was ever accomplished without danger."

Jones, John Paul on risk   

"I work in minutes, not in hours."

Suvorov, Alexander on   

"It is fortunate that war is so terrible, lest we become to fond of it."

Lee, Robert E. on war   

"The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment not of sentiment, but of history."

Wilson, Woodrow T. on american flag   

"There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only one hundred percent Americanism."

Roosevelt, Theodore on   

"People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest."

Hesse, Hermann on courage   

"Nobility doesn't lie in surpassing the other man, but in surpassing the previous self."

Hindu Proverb on improvement   

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil ad steady dedication of a lifetime."

Stevenson, Adlai E. on patriotism   

"Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on leadership   

"Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms."

Jackson, Andrew on blood   

"To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. "

Washington, George on uncategorised   

"Ideas have consequences and bad ideas can have lethal consequences."

Weigel, George on ideas   

"Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on decisions
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"I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on speed   

"What our sword has won in half a year, our sword must guard for half a century."

von Moltke, Helmuth Graf on war   

"The man who is prepared has his battle half fought."

Cervantes, Miguel De on preparation   

"True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on determination   

"We will either find a way, or make one."

Hannibal on achievement
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"There is nobody more terrible than the desperate."

Suvorov, Alexander on desperation   

"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."

Machiavelli, Niccolo on honor   

"An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on
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"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."

Lee, Robert E. on self-control
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"There are no bad regiments; there are only bad colonels."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on   

"One of the first regulations might be to think."

Ward, Orlando on thinking   

"My center is giving away, my right is pushed back, situation excellent, I am attacking."

Foch, Ferdinand on optimism   

"If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself."

Patton, George S. on duty   

"Duty is ours; consequences our God's."

Jackson, Stonewall on duty   

"The plan was smooth on paper, only they forgot about the ravines."

Russian Military Proverb on planning   

"It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on authority   

"Luck in the long run is only given to the efficient."

von Moltke, Helmuth Graf on   

"I base my calculations on the expectation that luck will be against me"

Bonaparte, Napoleon on luck
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

Patton, George S. on order
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