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There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

Victory at all costs victory in spite of all terror victory however long and hard the road may be for without victory there is no survival.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

Nothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind with a faint heart and with a lame endeavor.

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

What a man wants to do he generally can do if he wants to badly enough.

The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers got hungry scolded God were egotistical or impatient in their turns made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is but it does not admit of holidays.

We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed- one doesn't always want to make it-does one? ... But what else can be done? What's the alternative? What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself in the face of difficulties.

Poverty is uncomfortable as I can testify: but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent but with great inner drive go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.

He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.

I don't want people who want to dance I want people who have to dance.

Even now we can draw back. But once we cross that little bridge we must settle things by the sword.