Motivational Status in English

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

War is the business of barbarians.

The world is only a battlefield for one's attention.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run, the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on—it is going on when you don't have strength.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

The strong man is the one who can best utilize the collective wisdom of others.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character.