Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal.

Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.

You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to argue, or even converse with a man who has no idea of inductive and deductive philosophy.

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

The pigeon here is a beautiful bird, of a delicate bronze colour, tinged with pink about the neck, and the wings marked with green and purple.

At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the world, the study of the fine arts, and of the manners and dispositions of people.

What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others.

Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.

Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants.

I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed.

I do not like Melbourne in its present state.

I have deposited some of my journals here for fear of accidents.

I see by your letter to my father that you are rather afraid the French may invade England.

Our clothes are going to pieces fast. Send provisions as soon as possible.

The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great.

These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth.

This country is undergoing great changes for the better.

We all think we are right, or we should not believe as we do.

I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing than riding on horseback, and even with the little practice I have yet had, I find it shakes me less.