Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Fear kills more people than death.

I think there is a difference between aloneness and loneliness. Aloneness is necessary for the soul to thrive - even to come alive. Not loneliness.

Judy shook her head when she saw me the next day, dressed in the same clothes I had worn to work the day before. “We used to call that the walk of shame, ” she said.

Soon, " he said in his letter. They said "soon" to each other often, and "soon" gave their plan the weight of something real.

People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media.

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

I never went to a photography school, which was my saving grace.

Good or bad, the one thing I can say about my art is, if I can quote Sinatra, I did it my way.

Conversations I have had with school principals and students lead me to the same conclusion-that...there is an evil and growing habit of profanity and the use of foul and filthy language.

Writing is hustling of another kind.

My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock.