Leaders have to be dealers in hope.
“I shall be an Attila to Venice.”
“The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.”
“Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.”
“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”
“That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.”
“To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.”
“Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.”
“When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.”
“All silence is. All emptiness. And now: The dawn.”