The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

A daily conviction that Jesus Christ is alive draws our hearts closer to Him to believe that He is alive to work in our lives!

A promise is something that has been given but not yet realized.

The art of art the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity: nothing is better than simplicity.

It's the woman you should remember, not the dress, ever.

Nobody is more inferior than those who insist on being equal.

In America, I'm a foreigner because of my Korean heritage. In Asia, because I was born in America, I'm a foreigner. I'm always a foreigner.

Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds.

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

The salvation of man is through love and in love.

Dance, dance, dance till you drop.