Quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

A student asked to his master: You teach me fighting but you talk about peace. How do you reconcile the two?
The master replied: It's better to be warrior in garden than to be a gardener in war.

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.