The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target.

The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping.

I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.

We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.

I think the greatest of all human virtues is loyalty. It embraces all the best of the human character: courage, faith, love and charity.

I just made a balls of it, old boy. That's all there was to it.

Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.

I then realized my analytics data was a bit odd. My keywords were no longer with me

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgement to be silent.

Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them.

There's a weird kind of paradox that the more expensive the vacation is, the more potentially anxiety-producing it is.

It is from the graves and ruins and rubbish-heaps of Egypt that writings have been restored to us in great numbers.

I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.

It's mysterious what attracts you to a person.

To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.

Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.

We're going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business - the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.

I warn you against believing that advertising is a science.