Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

The simple act of caring is heroic.

Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever.

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

What I want to be is an actor, not a star.

It is not speed that matters, it's persistence.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

With mortal age comes the immense need for childish charms. Like a fine wine, sweetens with maturity.

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

So many people die with their dreams in their hands.

As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to get a strike.

No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.

You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.

Maybe being oneself is always an acquired taste.

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.