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I felt as if I were walking with Destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.
Winston Churchill The Second World War · 1948-1953

Quotes

“There’s an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.”

John F. Kennedy · Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs News Conference, 1961 · Primary source

“Above all, I did not allow anything to be done which I did not myself understand. It worked!”

Tony Hoare · The Emperor’s Old Clothes, 1981 · Primary source

“Imagination rules the world.”

Napoleon Bonaparte · The Memorial of Saint Helena, 1824 · Secondary source

“There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Power, 1860 · Primary source

“Example is the best lesson there is.”

Eleanor Roosevelt · Tomorrow is Now, 1963 · Primary source

Related Tags

Understanding 15 Recovery 3 Discipline 18 Project management 1 Destiny 1 Preparation 12 Responsibility 27 Political experience 1 Imagination 16 Persuasion 4 Public opinion 5 Political symbolism 1 Initiative 18 Capability 6 Opportunity 14 Influence 9 Accountability 15 Failure 11 Credit and blame 1 Example 5 Learning 18 Conduct 11 Role models 1