We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.

We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train read more

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much read more

We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when read more

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.

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.

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.

When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively, and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; read more

When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively, and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a manuever, the blow with an agreement.

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.

Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing read more

Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future.