Quotes
The morning star of flowers.
The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.
Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.
Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive.
Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.
Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.
Eternity: a moment standing still for ever.
Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.
I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.
Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.
Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.
Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.
To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.