Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.

My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.

That man [Sir Sydney Smith] made me miss my destiny.

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage.