My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
Interpretation
Embrace challenges as opportunities for action and resilience.
This quote by Ferdinand Foch emphasizes the importance of courage and initiative in the face of adversity. Instead of succumbing to despair when the situation appears dire, Foch advocates for seizing the moment to attack, suggesting that even in retreat, there lies an opportunity to change the course of events through bold action.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles.
The military mind always imagines that the next war will be on the same lines as the last. That has never been the case and never will be. One of the great factors on the next war will be aircraft obviously. The potentialities of aircraft attack on a large scale are almost incalculable.
It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
One is defeated only when one accepts defeat.
Only cowards hide behind silence.
The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom
I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in love, and be loved, she can be married, have children, be a mother... Revolution must mean life also; every aspect of life.
Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope.
I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe.
Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks... show off. To me, that's what bullying is, showing off. It's saying, I'm better than you, I can take you down. Not just physically, but emotionally.
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