If you do not know you may fall halfway through your work, you will not fall halfway through.

Let the world say what it will about me. Only I know what I must do.

Writing is only good for recording names. Swordsmanship defeats one man — that's not worth learning. I want to learn what defeats ten thousand.

-- The 'Hegemon-King of Western Chu' whose raw military genius made him the most feared commander of ancient China's civil wars

England expects that every man will do his duty.

-- Britain's greatest naval hero

Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that heaven gave to man.

-- Miguel de Cervantes

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood... teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I wanted the world to know that my country, Ethiopia, has always won with determination and heroism.

-- Born in Jato, Ethiopia in 1932, Abebe Bikila ran the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon barefoot and won - then defended his title wearing shoes at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He heralded the era of African distance running dominance. From Imperial Guard to Olympic champion to paraplegic after a car accident, his

We're on God's side.

-- Born in Alabama in 1914