The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.
International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.
Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.
I like honest men of all colors.
The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.
A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.
I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.
All things proclaim the existence of God.
We are either kings or pawns of men.
The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
All religions have been made by men.
A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he’ll think it has a soul.
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.
How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.