For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.

Mysticism is like pure science

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.

Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.

In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

the obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks.

The iPad was my first splurge after I got my first paychecks. I paid off the debt, and I now bring the iPad with me to auditions.

...he who goes down to the grave does not return.