People who don't like cats always seem to think there is some peculiar virtue in not liking them.

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.

Our reaction to any situation will determine the outcome.

Mystery is like a kind of atmosphere which bathes the greatest works of the masters.

I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.

A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.

Every one of us is blind and deaf until our eyes are opened to our fellowmen, until our ears hear the voice of humanity.

I don't see the direct correlation between my personal life and the novel I'm writing until I'm at the end of the novel or very close to it.

If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.

My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am, too, responsible.

I'm a total soccer freak. I total soccer freak. Absolute total.

Agents are nasty scum. They're evil and divisive and pointless. They only survive because the rest of the sport is so corrupt and because leading football club people employ their sons in the job.