In war, important events result from trivial causes.

Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.

A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.

As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.

If I fail it is only because I have too much pride and ambition.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one's army

When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

But courage wasn't an absence of fear; it was fighting despite the knot in your stomach.

As governor, part of my job is to tell people things they don't like to hear.

Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart til it reaches my outer me

I prefer artists who are creative more than artists who are technical, I think everybody would agree with that.

It feels like I'm starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.

There are many in the Church as well as out of it who need to learn that Christianity is neither creed nor a ceremonial, but a life vitaly connected with a loving Christ.

I'm not a lovable man.

Christ's peace can permeate any heart - hearts that are troubled, burdened with grief, confused, and pleading for help.