You have the itch for writing born in you. It's quite incurable. What are you going to do with it?

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

The first duty of a leader is opti­mism. How does your sub­or­di­nate feel after meet­ing with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

As God once said, and I think rightly.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I'm free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you

Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.

We are not to be anxious about the unknown future or to fret about it. We are to live in a moment-by-moment dependence upon God.

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

Flowers produce an effect on me which can only be produced in an equal degree by music.

Well, I have a band, Sadie and the Hotheads, and we have an album that is already out that is available on our website.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

I look at things and try to imagine what is possible and then hope to surpass those boundaries.

Most choices are driven by immediate results.

When I get old, I'm going to the old folks' home. I don't want to be one of those guys who's hanging around the house bothering the kids. But not just any old folks' home. I want the whole top floor.

I want to be a mom who listens.