Victory belongs to the most persevering.
In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.
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Napoleon
The French emperor whose military genius reshaped Europe and whose innovations in warfare, law, and administration defined the modern era (1769-1821). Napoleon Bonaparte won sixty of his seventy battles, crowned himself emperor, and fell from absolute power twice — leaving behind both a continental legal system and an eternal case study in the limits of individual genius.
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Men willingly believe what they wish to believe.
-- Julius Caesar
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
-- Babe Ruth
Audacity, audacity, always audacity!
-- Frederick II of Prussia
I must carry through what God commands. I am sure of nothing but I must go on.
-- Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
He who cannot govern himself cannot govern others.
-- Genghis Khan
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
-- Winston Churchill