At school there was an annual school disco and I'd be standing in my bedroom wondering what to wear for hours on end. Eventually I'd arrive at a decision that was just the most ridiculous costume you could have ever devised - I think it was probably knitted Christmas jumpers on top of buttoned-up white shirts.
However great an evil immorality may be we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.
The moment for action has arrived and I know that I can trust in you to save our country.
To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
I love to travel but hate to arrive.
I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing I am always planning to do something else. I would rather travel than arrive.
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
Take time to deliberate but when the time for action has arrived stop thinking and go in.
We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
I've always been too hard on myself to behave like I've arrived or even to enjoy whatever success I've had. I've always envisioned myself higher than where I was and I still do. With each success I think 'That's nice but I'm supposed to go there!'
I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people think that they'll be very disappointed.
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
As a nation we have over the past seven years been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service our satellite and other technical collection our analytical depth and expertise.