To know in war how to recognize an opportunity and seize it is better than anything else.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

A man's words will always express what has been treasured in his heart.

We want greatness, but we prefer it tamed and on a leash short enough for us to control it, yet long enough to allow it to retain some remote yet diminished flavor of greatness.

I just want to become a great leadoff hitter.

I am proactive and looking to change my own behavior rather than others' - which is generally much more successful!

Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?

I've often been the guy who doesn't get the girl.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

My goal is to play hard and give the city a chance for a championship.

The journey never happens alone.

Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way.