When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.

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.

Let everyone evolve fast and understand humanity. Let the heart of stones be converted into heart of love.

What a country, and what a culture, when the liberals cry before they are hurt, and the reactionaries pose as brave nonconformists, while the radicals make a fetish of their own jokey irrelevance.

My heart died a while back. [Eragon]

I write because it's a way of presenting something without having to be there.

Martin Luther King was not a Marxist or a communist, but his radical love leads him to put poor and working people at the center.

If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.

I hunt deer because I love the entire process; the preparation, the excitement, and sustained suspense of trying to match my woods lore against the finely honed instincts of these creatures.

Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Mastery is in the reaching, not in the arriving.