There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
Duke Of WellingtonRead
The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the transformation of seemingly unrefined individuals into capable soldiers through discipline and leadership.
The Duke of Wellington's quote reflects on the potential and strength that can be found even in those who may initially seem the least promising. It underscores the idea that through proper guidance, training, and leadership, individuals considered unworthy or lowly can be turned into effective and admirable soldiers—demonstrating resilience, bravery, and capability when faced with challenges.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage those engaged in a difficult task.
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
I did community theater for a long time and never had an agent. And then I got an agent and I remember that was my introduction to her telling me I wasn't enough as I was. She told me, 'You're going to have to change your hair. No one wants to see a Black woman with dreadlocks on television.' And I believed it.
I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
Ye have locked yerselves up in cages of fear and, behold, do ye now complain that ye lack FREEDOM!
I have never killed anybody, it is true, but it is because I lacked the courage or the time, not because I lacked the desire
Now if I go through it again, I think I would be a lot more open about it. I admire people who have been open like Melissa Ethridge and women I see walking around facing it without wigs and all of that stuff. I think I would be more courageous next time.
Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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