Edmund Allenby

Military General British 1861 – 1936

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

381 quotes

"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Music
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Art
"The only true art is the art of living well."
Art
"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
Science
"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
History
"The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom."
History
"Fear is the path to the dark side."
Fear
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
Wisdom
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Change
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Power
"Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant."
Money
"The love of money is the root of all evil."
Money
"Health is wealth."
Health
"An adventure is worthwhile in itself."
Adventure
"Adventure is worthwhile."
Adventure
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Imagination
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
Imagination
"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Technology
"Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most."
Wisdom
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
Patience
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Time
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Wisdom
"To thine own self be true."
Truth
"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul."
Freedom
"Liberty is the most precious of all possessions."
Freedom
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty."
Beauty
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Truth
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Fear
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness."
Hope
"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
Love