There can be no place for self entirely

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

It is by giving the freedom to the other, that is by letting go, we gain our own freedom back.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change.

Single guys get a bad rap.

Our noblest hopes grow teeth and pursue us like tigers.

Poetry lies at the centre of the literary experience because it is the form that most clearly asserts the specificity of literature.

Come, dear heart. Lean on me and let us walk this path together.

If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.

Being nervous isn't bad. It just means something important is happening.

If you're fortunate enough with your history, like with Men in the Cities, your work becomes so absorbed in culture that the authorship of it doesn't exist anymore.