English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Charles de Gaulle Quotes

Charles de Gaulle quote: "Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by..."

Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

Charles de Gaulle

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Euripides quote: "Remember this! No amount of Bacchic revelingcan corrupt an..."
Remember this! No amount of Bacchic revelingcan corrupt an honest woman. Euripides
By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really makes people feel good and I know it certainly made me feel good. Jack Wagner
Oh, God, I'm so lonely. An entire weekend streching ahead with no one to love or have fun with. Anyway, I don't care. I've got a lovely steamed ginger pudding from M&S to put in the microwave. Helen Fielding
Dante Alighieri quote: "Until he shall have driven her back to Hell,"
Until he shall have driven her back to Hell, Dante Alighieri
Just to be in love seemed the most blissful luxury I had ever known. The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being loved in return -- that perhaps true loving can never know anything but happiness. For a moment I felt that I had discovered a great truth. Dodie Smith
We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive. Aldo Leopold
In all, dozens upon dozens of groups and organizations have prioritized stopping the killing in Darfur before there is no one left to be killed. It is high time that we, the U.S. Congress, join our name to that list. Kendrick Meek
C. S. Lewis quote: "There are a dozen views about everything until you know the..."
There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there is never more than one. C. S. Lewis
Newt Gingrich quote: "You can't trust anybody with power."
You can't trust anybody with power. Newt Gingrich
My father was the editor of an agricultural magazine called 'The Southern Planter'. He didn't think of himself as a writer. He was a scientist, an agronomist, but I thought of him as a writer because I'd seen him working at his desk. Tom Wolfe
Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market - I have so many vintage pieces from there it's unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. Kaya Scodelario
Philip Johnson quote: "Architecture is the art of how to waste space."
Architecture is the art of how to waste space. Philip Johnson
Angela had done a marvelous job, I tell you. The puke was everywhere except the toilet. The walls, the floor, the sinks - even on the ceiling, though don't ask me how she did that. So there I was, perched on all fours, cleaning up the puke at the homecoming dance in my best blue suit, which was exactly what I had wanted to avoid in the first place. And Jamie, my date, was on all fours, too, doing exactly the same thing. Nicholas Sparks
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Indeed if fish had fish-lore and Wise-fish, it is probable..."
Indeed if fish had fish-lore and Wise-fish, it is probable that the business of anglers would be very little hindered. J. R. R. Tolkien
William Butler Yeats quote: "Hearts are not to be had as a gift, hearts are to be earned."
Hearts are not to be had as a gift, hearts are to be earned. William Butler Yeats