To disbelieve is easy to scoff is simple to have faith is harder.

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

When did most of us stop being poets?

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

I'm convinced part of the reason I got signed is because of who I am, and it makes me sad.

The painter’s instrument is his armchair.

Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace.

If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance?

Surprise is the mother of panic.

Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.

How can I throw my life away in the least unhappy way?