"If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer."

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Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”

Augustus William Hare

#Leadership Quotes #Giving Quotes #Wish Quotes

“For you, someone kind of quiet and mysterious-" "I'm not mysterious," I interrupted. "You are a little. And sometimes people don't know whether to interpret silence as confidence or fear. They're looking at you like you're a bug so maybe you'll feel like you are one.”
“To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right.”
“I'm proud of being a vaudevillian, the last of my line. A lot of people think my entertainment is candy-floss. Well, entertainment is too aggressive these days, all 'in your face'.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Personally, I'm a real wimp with scary movies. I get so scared.”
“The most evident sign of having found the Truth is the inner peace.”
“So put a quarter in your ***** Cuz ya played ya'self”
“Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council.”

Source : "Coming to Terms with China" by Chalmers Johnson, www.motherjones.com. March 16, 2005.
“The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.”

Source : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.18

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