A noble and resolute people can safely tread a dark and fearsome path if they always shine before them the lamps of wisdom and valor.

Her joyful spirit would bring laughter and happiness to anyone in her life with the same natural ease that a rose blooms and sheds its perfume.

The trees were his chapel and the hillsides his cathedral.

If we go to war, it must only be with right on our side.

Defeating the enemy through deception with little loss of life is better than fighting face-to-face with the loss of many lives on both sides.

Among the Kimbrii the greatest shame a person can bring to himself or his clan is to start a war, but the second greatest is to submit to tyranny or injustice without a fight.

There is something to be said about the vastness of the earth, as well as the vastness of the heavens, in reminding us how small we are and how great God's creation is.

We must find within us a happiness with ourselves which no one else can disturb. Otherwise we give them power over us.

He believed with all his heart that we should spend our lives in happiness and service, in joy and work, in kindness and in love, and he lived... and died... what he believed.

What is it that makes us who we are and what we are? Is it only our blood, the color of our hair, our skin, and our eyes? Or is it believing in what we believe and living the way we live?

Grief, as in everything, should be experienced in moderation. There is a time to grieve heavily but then there is a time to set it aside and become happy in life again.

The sword of the law should never fall but on those whose guilt is so apparent as to be pronounced by their friends as well as foes.

You must always be prepared. Make sure to look at things from all angles. If you are not prepared you will fail.

But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging that I am a dependent creature. I am not self sufficient.

There's also a lot of skateboard stuff, because I was a skateboarder. Somewhere around here I have one of my original boards.

Those who follow where their genitals lead them often wind up in tedious company.

I was never up four percent.

You have to try to reply to criticism with your intellect, not your ego.

Providing more desirable products, services, and customer experiences is vital to the continued existence of any business. And that is INNOVATION.

If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.