The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.

If you want peace, prepare for the war.

In war, discipline is superior to strength; but if that discipline is neglected there is no longer any difference between the soldier and the peasant.

Who would desire peace should be prepared for war.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline.

No great dependence is to be placed on the eagerness of young soldiers for action...fighting is agreeable to those who are strangers to it.

Valor is superior to number.

An army is strengthened by labor and enervated by idleness.

When men find they must inevitably perish, they willingly resolve to die with their comrades and with their arms in their hands.

Opportunity in war is usually of greater value than bravery... Terrain is often of more value than bravery... Bravery is of more value than numbers.

When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought.

Everyone sounded the same when they died.

My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.

Whether it be to failure or success the first need of being is endurance -to endure with gladness if we can with fortitude in any event.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup.

Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht in den Himmel wachsen.]

I've never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.

It's easier to see children as mini adults than it is to imagine or to remember what it is to be a child again.