While soldiers can stand and fight.I can fight and feed them

You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.

The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.

Offering a hand up is not a hand-out.

This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

The surest test of discipline is its absence.

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.

Sometimes I don't feel like a functioning adult

I've always been my own person. Everything I've ever done in my life I did the hard way.

Being broke is against my religion.

Chair lifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful views without having to hike to them.

Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

It's nice to have a great female composer in the program and add her color.

What this country needs is a really good 5-cent cigar