Now mark me well—it is provided in the essence of things, that from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall come forth something to make a greater struggle necessary.' —WALT WHITMAN, The Open Road.

Never flinch, never weary, never despair.

Around Whitehall, a sacking from Churchill was known as the 'awarding of the Order of the Boot.

Woe betide the leaders now perched on their dizzy pinnacles of triumph if they cast away at the conference table what the soldiers had won on a hundred bloodsoaked battlefields.

When you have got a thing where you want, it is a good thing to leave it where it is.

Promotion should always go by merit, not by age, for services and not for service.

One clear-cut result is worth a dozen wise precautions.