I would lay down my life for America but I cannot trifle with my Honor.

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

I have not yet begun to fight!

He who will not risk cannot win.

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

It is true that I must run a great risk; no gallant action was ever accomplished without danger.

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.

I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike!

You understand why some animals eat their young.

Be sure that your praise songs are numbered higher than your sorrowful dirges and your utmost hope, firmer than your woeful regrets. Be positive.

Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world.

Nothing is free even in Freetown. You must pay a price to get a prize.

I'm pretty handy! I do a lot of things around the house, and I actually enjoy it.

One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man

You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous.

Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?

The mind is not, I know, a highway, but a temple, and its doors should not be carelessly left open.

Any criminal act against any individual or institution in India is to be condemned. The attackers must be strongly punished as per law.