What did Charles de Gaulle mean by: Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one. Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France Copy
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Challenge, Growth, Potential, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Country, Trial, Unity, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Mistakes, Strategy, Success, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Authority, Distance, Prestige, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Comparison, Ephemeral, fragility, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Judgement., Reflection, Time, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Challenge, Growth, Self-discovery, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France
I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Belonging, Community, Identity, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France
Art, unless it leads to right action, is no more than the opium of an intelligentsia. Read explanation W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. Jean Genet Playwright · France
The time for reasoning is past; now’s the time to get steamed up and fight like mad. Jean Genet Playwright · France
