"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour."
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else."
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
"Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind."