In war trivial causes produce momentous events.

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

True friends are those who came into your life, saw the most negative part of you, but are not ready to leave you, no matter how contagious you are to them.

To embody a slice of life on stage/film/script/book is awe-inspiring

Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.

Anderson [Cooper]!Hillary Clinton is running as the first female president who has a sitting president and first lady much more popular than she will ever be.

Trustworthiness is the thing that you need the most going to a presidential election. Honest and trustworthy is one of the main questions in any presidential election.

Make use of life while you have it. Whether you have lived enough depends upon yourself, not on the number of your years.

I wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well.

People of color are not under any kind of obligation beyond working hard, doing their best, and learning from their mistakes.