Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

I could give a flying flip about doing promo because, no disrespect, nobody put me in the position that I’m in.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Losing is tough.

People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.

Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.

No war is over until the enemy says it’s over.

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I’ve been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

I have known war as few men now living know it. It’s very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

Some people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character.

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.

We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

I identify myself as a hustler since I was a young kid.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

The devil ain’t got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil’s a good friend, too… because when you don’t know him, that’s the time he can mosh you down.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.

If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

The world can criticize me, but l can always criticize it back.

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I’m glad I lived out both roles.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

I was bullied as a boy – lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Even today we raise our hand against our brother… We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

I’ve had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

I’ve been blessed to be somebody that’s been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it’s all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I’m saying, and it feels good ‚cause it’s good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.

If you look at my life, generally, I’ve been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?

We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we’ve had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I’ve taken.

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.