The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.

America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

It seems like people get afraid of a certain music if they can't pigeonhole it to their satisfaction... Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody.

Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.

You've got to look and pick your shots - and that's where your class and skill comes out.

Being of tall stature, it's rare to get a series regular role.

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky.

The bride, the white bride today a maiden, tomorrow a wife.

I suppose you could say I love outlaw American culture.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.

I ask one thing only: I ask for the right to hope, to suffer as I do. But if even that cannot be, command me to disappear, and I disappear. You shall not see me if my presence is distasteful to you.

In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe...to see a man burnt for doing as he thought right, harms the people, for this is a matter of conscience.