History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

If it’s stress of things that we cannot control, what you have to do is you mitigate that stress as much as possible. You’ve planned, you’ve trained, you’ve done everything you can in your power to mitigate the stress that’s facing you. And then after that, there’s nothing you can do. So, you have to let that one go.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

As soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force, in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts. And so it was that they soon understood us, and we them, either by speech or by signs, and they have been very serviceable.

I will not be triumphed over.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

A cat is only itself, representative of the strong forces of life that won’t let go.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

Losing is tough.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

History is more or less bunk.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

In college, a loss is pretty devastating. That feeling kind of goes away in an 82-game season. You hate to lose, but you also have a lot more games to make up for it.

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn’t make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.

Whatever final judgment awaits ‚Bush v. Gore‘ in the annals of history, I am certain that the good work and good faith of the U.S. federal judiciary as a whole will continue to sustain public confidence at a level never beyond repair.

Man has the power to act as his own destroyer – and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It’s rage, it’s creativity, it’s pain, it’s hurt, but it’s the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.

See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn’t get there.

Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence.

My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

I’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.