Andrew GT Kirby

“There will be sleeping enough in the grave”

"Do or do not. There is no try."

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."

"As punishment for my contempt for authority, Fate has made me an authority myself"

“Never give in – never never never, in nothing great or small…never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force”.

“I am easily satisfied with the very best”

"The shortest answer is doing the thing."

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."

"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."

“The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is”

"In matters of style, swim with the tide; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one"