Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!

My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me.

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

Duty is ours; consequences are God's.

I want my army to be an army of the living God.

The only winner today is big business.

Never take counsel of your fears.

People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.

There are but few commanders who properly appreciate the value of celerity.

You may be whatever you resolve to be.

We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.

Moods can be contagious. Don't catch or spread a bad mood.

You were born to convert the evaporating life into some impact on humanity.

If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves" - Fernando Conclaves

If there were no goodness in people, mankind would still be confined to loping across a Savannah somewhere on Earth, watching the elephants rule, or some other more compassionate species.

My fingers find his. They are warm, pulsing with genetically altered blue blood, powered by mirror matter.

The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious.

When an editor first explained to me the difference between direct and indirect writing, I just thought it was a stylistic choice.

I like telling stories, and I tell stories that interest me. It would be boring to have to go to nothing but the best restaurants. That would be a misery to me.

I'm active on Twitter, and I love my iPad and my Kindle.

Body art isn’t a contest. The only person that has to like it is the person stuck with it for the rest of their life. As long as you love it when you see it, that’s all that matters.