Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to fit the whim of the moment. Day by day we become what we do. This is the supreme law and logic of life.

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

The Japanese are a disease of the skin. The Communists are a disease of the heart.

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

We write our own destiny ...we become what we do.

The sky cannot have two suns.

We are working for a revolution. If we do not start it by improving the life of the soldiers, all slogans of reforming and improving society are but empty words.

China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

If one does not act, one cannot understand.

China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.

I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.

Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.

All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.

Don't allow your emotions to get in the way of clearheaded decisions about what's best for you.

I'm not girly girly enough to care how I look on TV, or if I'm wearing the correct make up.

There was more to life than the things you could hold in your hands or see with your eyes.

I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.

Never give up on your child. But also, you have to love your child.

For I am he am born to tame you, Kate; and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as other household Kates.

science can only take you so far and then you have to leap