Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.

What other people do shouldn't affect you - we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be

Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.

Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy.

Every man is an island, and every heart seeks the ferry to cross the main...

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it but you can see the light.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

Through the ear, we shall enter the invisibility of things.

A rolling loan gathers no loss.

If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.

Being disabled doesn't have to be a disadvantage.

Ministers and merchants love nobody.

The mind is like tofu. By itself, it has no taste. Everything depends on the flavor of the marinade it steeps in.