I was afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself.

My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me.

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

Duty is ours; consequences are God's.

I want my army to be an army of the living God.

The only winner today is big business.

Never take counsel of your fears.

People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.

There are but few commanders who properly appreciate the value of celerity.

You may be whatever you resolve to be.

We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.

In any situation, there is hope.

I don’t know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I’m telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it.

I think movies are too long.

I know it's a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself.

What is trust, sidhe-seer, but expectation that another will behave in a certain fashion, consistent with prior actions?

Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.

Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.

Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society.

I just think, who wants new soul? I want my soul to be the same as Otis Redding, I don't wanna have a new one.

But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day.