„The traditional British view is that character is what matters in a general. They like a solid, simple man, with no newfangled nonsense about him. He should be preternaturally silent. If by chance he thinks at all he should not let this leak out, otherwise confidence would be destroyed.“

— Winston S. Churchill

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„A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.“
— Albert Einstein
„Any man who thinks he is going to be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him should take a close look at the American Indian.“
— Henry Ford
„Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
„He must really think I'm a great guy. He must think that, because otherwise He would not have given me so much. I have a great family. I work in a place where I've always dreamt of working. He has helped me out so much that He must have a very high opinion of me. [When asked by the Spanish radio network Cope what he believed God thought about him].“
— José Mourinho