If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. -Andrew Young, author, civil rights activist, US congressman, mayor, and UN ambassador (b. 1932)

Being daily better informed about their knowledge than my adversaries themselves, I argued till finally one day they applied the one means that wins the easiest victory over reason: terror and force.

Harm seek, harm find.

Try to let what is unfair teach you.

Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.

The thing I love about off-road racing is the pride in how abusive it is.

I've always loved those movies where somebody thinks they want something, and then they realize that the thing they really want is right in front of them.

There's always that one person that you always go back to.

My fan mail is what keeps me going.

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.