Archibald Wavell Famous Quotes
No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one.
Archibald Wavell Quotations
"There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability."
Robert Half
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination."
Charles De Gaulle
A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.
Polish Proverb
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. (Quoting Churchill)
Ronald Reagan
They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers."
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
"Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool."
John Mason Good
"I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me."
Dave Barry
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Sir Winston Churchill