This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!

I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I’m going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that’s what will happen.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready.

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

I’m the most stubborn person I know.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‚I love you.‘

To do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

I don’t expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

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.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn’t be carried off. He walked off.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‚What’s in it for me?‘

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.

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.