Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.
Sun Tzu

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.
Sun Tzu

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Napoleon Bonaparte

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.
Napoleon Bonaparte

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
Bob Dylan

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent; but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times.
Sigmund Freud

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.
Sigmund Freud

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
Coco Chanel

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
Ayn Rand

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
Ayn Rand

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
Coco Chanel

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
Coco Chanel

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
Lily Tomlin

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
Julius Caesar

Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words.
Woody Allen

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Always do everything you ask of those you command.
George S. Patton