It’s an important time to be writing about the connections we share with our fellow creatures. It’s a great time to be alive.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

The first duty of a leader is opti­mism. How does your sub­or­di­nate feel after meet­ing with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

As God once said, and I think rightly.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I'm free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you

Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.

We are not to be anxious about the unknown future or to fret about it. We are to live in a moment-by-moment dependence upon God.

To be alive to be able to see to walk ... it's all a miracle. I have adapted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle.

I never give up on my players, and I'll never give up on people.

A cult is a cult, and that's what a frat is. A place where they strip you of your personality and rebuild it in their image.

The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.

There is one thing that 99 percent of 'failures' and 'successful' folks have in common - they all hate doing the same things. The difference is successful people do them anyway.

Books are growing more honest at a younger age, and the world is becoming less warm and fuzzy. Or at least the monsters are out in the open.

I see what's behind everything the director wants to do.

Blessings on him, who invented sleep.

I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it

I have to work hard and organize myself so that I'm present and not a slacker.