You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

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

I am sure there’s going to be times when I do things wrong that no one’s going to like and everyone’s going to think I’m terrible and rubbish but I know I’m going to go through those times, and it’s just about understanding that that’s going to happen.

My unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused on what he’s doing. He’s focusing in on what you’re doing, and it freezes him. When they freeze and you hit, they shatter like glass.

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.

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

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren’t able to live in the place you called home.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory… And why not? Victory is good for you, and don’t let anybody tell you different.

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive.

Reactionaries often describe both Marx and Lenin as theorists, without taking into consideration that their utopias inspired Russia and China – the two countries called upon to lead a new world which will allow for human survival if imperialism does not first unleash a criminal, exterminating war.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can’t imagine going through that. If you know that’s going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I’d rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.

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

If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.

I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

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

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don’t eat. And I like to eat.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.

Didn’t get promoted? Good. More time to get better.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

When we have the ball, the other team has to run. The most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be a little bit wild.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

If you choose to do something, attack it. You can hate me, but there’s one thing you can’t say about me – that I didn’t attack it.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

Genius is patience.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

I hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.

I’ve had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O’Connor told me, ‚Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you’ll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.‘

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.

Morse conquered his electrical difficulties although he was only a painter, and I don’t intend to give in either till all is completed.

Russia isn’t going to start a war. They can’t afford it. I think Mr. Putin can be dealt with if we stop screaming at him. You can work with the guy. You just have to know who he is.

If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

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.