I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.

America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

It seems like people get afraid of a certain music if they can't pigeonhole it to their satisfaction... Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody.

Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.

For no one, in our long decline, So dusty, spiteful and divided, Had quite such pleasant friends as mine, Or loved them half as much as I did.

There is nothing that can happen TO you that can’t also happen FOR you…if you’ll let it.

If I love one lover, ...I have loved many more.

I have no news of my coming or passing away--the whole thing happened quicker than a breath

Yeah, baby! And you are the magnet and I'm the steel! Bring to me your leather, take from me my lace!

I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.

No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.

I want them to play Britney Spears at my funeral. This way I won't feel so bad about being dead, and everyone there will know there is something worse than Death.

Sundays in France have a different atmosphere to other days, with fewer phone calls, no postman, no delivery men and no one banging on the door.