If you're only ten feet above, then you're better than when you're on the ground.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

There should not be any excuse. If we don’t like our heritages, we've the power to change them for good. Let’s go beyond using lame excuses...

The sun's down and the moon's pretty - it's time to ramble.

Are not couturiers the poets who, from year to year, from strophe to strophe, write the anthem of the feminine body?

History does not care about the suffering of the individual. Only the outcome of their struggles. -P 462 Master Tozay to Eona

The American woman is a monstrosity.

A fellow who cannot throw a flapjack is sadly lacking in the skill one expects to find in a real woodcrafter.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

I so never went through a bad-girl period.

I collect cigars. I love giving 'em away to people that really enjoy 'em, and I could think of no better place than West Point!

In this day and age if you've got the technology then it's vital to use that technology to track people down. The number on the database should be the maximum number you can get.