I cannot help, but when danger is at hand remember always that I am here to stand -- or fall -- with you.

I have wrought my simple planIf I give one hour of joyTo the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy.

A society without intellectuals is like a body without a head

... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.

Left-handers have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed, and their head gets more stagnant on that side.

So shines a good deed... in a weary world.

My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.

Give more than you get. Everyday. Everywhere. With everyone. Always.

Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential difference in your team's ability to problem-solve.

It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.'

One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.