He who would valiant be against all disaster; let him in constancy follow the Master. There's no discouragement shall make him once relent; his first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

It's a great life, if you don't weaken.

Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

In the Upper Room and on Calvary's hill, Jesus teaches us that the most important aspects of a well-lived life are love, humility and obedience.

Opposable thumbs are overrated.

In the act of deciding what to eliminate, you place value on what's left behind.

Why is it called 'after dark' when it really is 'after light'?

I think I'm a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I'm certainly older.

We're on safe ground to presume that self-interest and hubris are at the core of the rebellion.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

Don't decide yet," Hephaestus advised. "Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.

As a professional broadcaster, I can tell you that over the course of my career, there is an adage: don't ever apologize.

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