Edmund Allenby

Military General British 1861 – 1936

British general who defeated Ottoman Empire in Middle East during WWI.

381 quotes

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
Dreams
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
Wisdom
"Strive not to be of success, but rather to be of value."
Success
"The way of the warrior is found in death. When it comes either/or, quickly choose death."
Courage
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
Philosophy
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
Perseverance
"The greatest wealth is health."
Health
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity."
Wisdom
"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you react to it."
Life
"The only way out is through."
Perseverance
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
Dreams
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
Peace
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Kindness
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
Hope
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
Motivation
"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love."
Love
"What we think, we become."
Philosophy
"The best revenge is living well."
Success
"Your time is limited, do not waste it living someone else's life."
Time
"The greatest leaders are willing to suffer the most."
Leadership
"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom."
Knowledge
"We cannot live only for ourselves."
Relationships
"The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
Education
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life."
Gratitude
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
Life
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Wisdom
"All things are difficult before they are easy."
Perseverance
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
Friendship
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Knowledge
"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are allowed to remain children all our lives."
Truth