Motivational Status in English

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence, and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

If you want a thing done, do it yourself.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

The French complain of everything, and always.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

I would rather suffer defeat than have the world know I cheated.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.