The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Fear kills more people than death.

Sweet peas were the kind of flowers fairies slept in.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard.

I'm told that my blood sugar level was twelve times the legal limit - I was sweating honey.

Happiness today, I think, is for most people the satisfaction of the eternal suckling: to drink in more this, that, or the other.

The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than experience.

But trust can take you a long way. And my faith takes me a long way. And I think that our pains, our vulnerabilities, and our insecurities can fuel us to be better. To try harder. To dig deeper.

Whatever I hear in my head is what I play.

Thackwell really can metaphorically coast home now

Very often kids don't ask questions in class because they don't want to be seen asking a question.

All good management is the expression of one great idea