...quote his later evocation of the night of 10 May 1940, when the King asked him to form a government: 'I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that...life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.' 1 One might add that his subsequent life, for all its distinction, always seemed something...

...ships, 'Winston is back'. 1940 10 May; Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. 'I felt as if I was walking with destiny and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.' Churchill, The Gathering Storm, 1948. Churchill offered the unification of Ireland...

...would. There is no reason to doubt that he went to sleep that night inspired by a sense of destiny. I was conscious of a profound sense of relief. At...authority to give directions over the whole scene ... all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial ... I thought I knew...

...underlying belief in a providential God. When the call to him came in 1940, he later was to write: "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been a preparation for this hour and this trial." And indeed when one looks back upon the hazards and dangers...

...of relief," Winston wrote in The Gathering Storm, the first volume of his history of World War II. "At last I had the authority to give directions over...had been but a preparation for this hour and this trial." Three days later, Churchill told the British people, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil,...

...But I cannot conceal from the reader of this truthful account that as I went to bed at about 3 am, I was conscious of a profound sense of relief. At...last I had the authority to give directions over the entire scene." {Night} ELIE WIESEL (b. 1928) Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God...

...relinquish power, Churchill "was conscious of a profound sense of relief" that he now possessed it: "At last I had the authority to give directions over the whole scene."30 Such positive feelings may also help political decision-makers to shoulder the extra cognitive...

...confidently into that future. THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE IN THE CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT OF HIGHER EDUCATION I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that...life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial. Winston Churchill on taking up the Prime Ministership, 1940 Outstanding leaders base...

...possibly feel that upbeat, given the circumstances? Churchill provides his own answer to that question: "At last I had the authority to give directions over...scene. I felt as if I were walking with Destiny." Have you ever felt that you had authority over the whole scene of your personal life? Have you ever...

...But I cannot conceal from the reader of this truthful account that as I went to bed at about 3 am, I was conscious of a profound sense of relief. At...life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial ... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, and I was sure I should not fail. Therefore,...