The biggest mistake that leaders can make is to give people false hope that melts like snow.

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.

If you're going through hell, keep going!

That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!

False hope is a terrible thing, if its the only thing keeping you alive you'll be dead by dawn.

All great empires of the future will be empires of the mind.