Of course it's better to be good. I know it ism but it's sometimes so hard to believe a thing even when you know it.

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.

A shrink and a patient switching places. Who is REALLY the boss?

The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL; but as the inscription was on the outside, the prisoners could not read it.

The bow always strung ... will not do.

No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.

We have no Constitution which functions in the absence of a moral people

I've read all the books but one Only remains sacred: this Volume of wonders, open Always before my eyes.

What always seems miraculous is when aesthetic necessities yield an insight which otherwise I would have missed.

I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy.

Terrorists are as big a threat to our future, perhaps bigger, than organized crime.

And often, glad no more, We wear a face of joy because We have been glad of yore.