A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

It take faith to follow your dreams and courage to reach them.

You don't look so much like a great hero, ' Jarrah said. 'I'm pretty sure I'm not, ' Mack said wearily. 'My throat is hoarse from screaming in terror. I don't think heroes have that problem.

Or as Gabe had done, to rescue your betrothed from some evil force. That appealed to him. But he'd yet to find a damsel in distress, oppressed by evil and in need of rescue.

Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none of my business.

But experiments went for nothing,-dualism had sworn to uphold its position.

If I lived in another country, like a country that was, say, an enemy of the United States, I would be more amused than I am.

Aw, it's just like a woman. When the shootin's all over and everything's safe, they pass out.

Hiro watches the large, radioactive, spear-throwing killer drug lord ride his motorcycle into Chinatown. Which is the same as riding it into China, as far as chasing him down is concerned.

Law Number XXIV: The only thing more costly than stretching the schedule of an established project is accelerating it, which is itself the most costly action known to man.

He that is impatient, and cannot wait on God for a mercy, will not easily submit to Him in a denial.