"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“(A ruler) cannot and should not keep his word when to do so would go against his interests or when the reason he pledged it no longer holds.”

“How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience of our times shows those princes to have done great things who have had little regard for good faith, and have been able by astuteness to confuse men's brains, and who have ultimately overcome those who have made loyalty their foundation.”

“Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.”

“People do not lack strength; they lack will.”

“To let oneself be carried on passively is unthinkable.”

“The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.”

“To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.”

“I cannot draw a cart, nor eat dried oats;If it be man's work, I'll do't.”

“The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.”