With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are, the greater the margin that can be left for accidents.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.

is he crazy?" --Harcourt-Brace editor on Holden Caulfield

We don’t know why God chose to deliver Peter from death and James through death. The text doesn’t say.

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.

I'm in the mood for love, simply because you're near me. Funny, but when you're near me I'm in the mood for love.

Regulators are in the best position to regulate when they are intimately knowledgeable about the activities they are regulating.

Man is born for deeds of kindness.

The secret of happiness is curiosity

It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures.

Laws change. Conscience doesn't.