Arthur Wellesley

"I have always believed that hard work and determination can overcome any obstacle."

"The measure of success is not what you accomplish but what you overcome."

"I prefer action to words."

"The greatest leaders are those who serve, not those who command."

"A man's word is his bond."

"The amount of traffic on an enemy's supply line is in direct proportion to the traffic on one's own."

"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."

"I always had a repugnance to sitting upon a throne. It appeared to me a thing so false and absurd that I could not reconcile myself to it."

"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."

"A man is the creature of habit. If he works hard, he becomes industrious; if idle, he becomes lazy."

"It is not the critic who counts, but the man actually in the arena."

"Great ambition without principle is madness."

"Providence does not always appear on the side of the heaviest cannon."

"I hate a lie. I have never allowed a lie to rest in my presence without running it down."

"The best way to deal with adversity is to face it head on with fortitude and determination."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"I have no small talk. I never engage in it."

"The greatest of all gifts is the gift of being able to see beyond tomorrow."

"A man who has never been in the Army cannot understand the responsibility that rests upon its Commander."

"One must always consider the whole of a situation before making judgement."

"Every man has his weak side."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—and a disorganized supply train."

"To be ignorant of the past is to be condemned to repeat it."

"A true gentleman is one who knows how to play the bagpipes—and doesn't."

"The British soldiers are the bravest in the world, but it takes the British drill sergeant to make them fight."

"I have always been of opinion that the credit of a nation depends infinitely more upon the cheerfulness and activity of its inhabitants than upon the amount of gold and silver."

"In the end, it is not how many men you have, but how well you lead them."

"Talent is nothing without discipline and opportunity."

"A general must be able to adapt his strategy to the nature of the ground and the enemy before him."

"The great thing about military service is that it teaches a man what true order and discipline mean."