Just because the boat rocks doesn't mean it's time to jump overboard.

He wanted to leave the past a few hundred miles down the road, shake it off like dust. But that ws the problem with the past. It kept finding him.

Time is like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. You can never go back.

Men are all alike. Grown-up children.

Go far from home and yo will have a long way back.

Why did it take the threat of dying to truly notice how exquisite a sunrise or sunset could be?

Remember, this is your day and your world.

Instead of saying maybe in May, let May be!

The ghosts that exert the most power in people’s lives-at least, the people I know–tend to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.

Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid.

Mother, I want to see him fly!

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.