“I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.”
Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929) French soldier and military theorist
As engraved on the statue of Ferdinand Foch on Grosvenor Square, London.
God can turn my failures into triumphs: this is the mystery of the Cross. <br class="br"> The Breaking Process http://www.getcited.org/pub/103428837, London: SCM Press Ltd., 1981, p. 99. ISBN 0334001390
“I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.”
Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929) French soldier and military theorist
As engraved on the statue of Ferdinand Foch on Grosvenor Square, London.
“I am deeply ashamed at my failure to serve His Majesty.”
Shoichi Yokoi (1915–1997) Japanese World War II Soldier
Announcement to journalists at Tokyo airport, 2 February 1972, Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers: Edinburgh, U.K, 2005, p. 935
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Homi J. Bhabha (1909–1966) 1909-1966, Indian nuclear physicist
As quoted in the "Homi Jehangir Bhabha" profile at the Vigyan Prasar Science Portal http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/bhabha/BHABHANEW.HTM <br class="br">Context: I know quite clearly what I want out of my life. Life and my emotions are the only things I am conscious of. I love the consciousness of life and I want as much of it as I can get. But the span of one's life is limited. What comes after death no one knows. Nor do I care. Since, therefore, I cannot increase the content of life by increasing its duration, I will increase it by increasing its intensity. Art, music, poetry and everything else … I do have this one purpose — increasing the intensity of my consciousness of life.
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet
The Emperor Julian, as portrayed in Emperor and Galilean (1873).
Context: That power which circumstances placed in my hands, and which is an emanation of divinity, I am conscious of having used to the best of my skill. I have never wittingly wronged any one. For this campaign there were good and sufficient reasons; and if some should think that I have not fulfilled all expectations, they ought in justice to reflect that there is a mysterious power without us, which in a great measure governs the issue of human undertakings.
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
Quote in his letter to brother Theo, from Drenthe, The Netherlands, Autumn 1883; as quoted in Vincent van Gogh, edited by Alfred H. Barr; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_1996_300061887.pdf, (letter 338) p. 21 <br class="br">1880s, 1883
“I am not her to vent my feelings. I am here to achieve my goals.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Komarr (1998)
“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”
John Mayer (1977) guitarist and singer/songwriter
From his essay on Jimi Hendrix for Rolling Stone 946 <br class="br">Mayer, John (2004). "Jimi Hendrix" http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939209/6_jimi_hendrix RollingStone.com (accessed March 21, 2007)
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru
"Between Nothingness and Eternity", p. 14
My Flute (1972)
Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006) Former dictator of the republic of Chile
Statement (8 November 1998)
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