Only a fighting nation can make itself responsible for world peace, and such a nation must organize its material resources and manpower with the highest possible degree of efficiency.

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

The Japanese are a disease of the skin. The Communists are a disease of the heart.

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

We write our own destiny ...we become what we do.

The sky cannot have two suns.

Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to fit the whim of the moment. Day by day we become what we do. This is the supreme law and logic of life.

We are working for a revolution. If we do not start it by improving the life of the soldiers, all slogans of reforming and improving society are but empty words.

China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

If one does not act, one cannot understand.

There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'Hello, my name is Fifi and I'm a labrador and I think you're great. Paw paw!'

There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable.

If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!

The strongest guard is placed at the gateway to nothing. Maybe because the condition of emptiness is too shameful to be divulged.

Everything slows down with age, except the time it takes cake and ice cream to reach your hips.

The only way that a mother would go after her own children is if she's just completely gone and has no humanity.

no war really comes unexpectedly. The drums are beating long before a single shot is fired.

I think cynicism often disguises itself as humour.

I want her to be smart and kind... and I want you to fall in love with her, because you shouldn't spend the rest of your life alone.

It's all complete instinct and intuition, and that's extremely difficult to teach.