It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

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

I see enormous loves growing immense and finally crushing me.

Order is a slippery thing: it's in the eyes of the beholder and the judgments of the powerful. Safety is clearer: it's freedom from violence and intrusion.

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

Of course, any simplification runs the risk of mutilating reality; but it helps us establish perspectives.

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible.

No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.

A great deal remains to be done in Afghanistan and the jury is out as to whether the international community has the commitment and the patience to see the rebuilding process through.

The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.

I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.

Recognize and respect mutual self-interests, then build creative collaborations to serve them.